Installing New Ram

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[|-|a|f E|ite]

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Right now I have 2 256 MB PC2100 of ram in my Abit BH7. The mother board and support both speeds up to 2 GB. I just tried to install one 512 PC2700 ram and it my comp boots up but then it takes me to a blue screen says something is wrong and I need to shut down. Can Anyone tell me whats wrong? The brands are one of my 256 is PNY and the other came with the system from Dell. And the 512 is Generic. Thanks.
 
I think it might be a case of bad ram.

It might work fine on its own (try the 512 stick on its own)
but refuses to play ball with anyone else.

Try running memtest86 and see what happens.

I had a stick like that, wouldn't play with anything else, so I just bought 2 sticks of Crucial ram which now run happily together with no troubles.

After that I'm never touching generic ram again.
 
Crap. Just installed it on its own. It doesnt work. When it boots up and the memory test comes up, it fails. It will make it to the desktop and then to a blue screen. Crap I bought it off someone from here too. Thanks for the reply.
 
Originally posted by [|-|a|f E|ite]
Can you install ram with 2 different speeds? Do I have to configure anything?
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You can, that shouldn't be the problem... The RAM will only be able to run at the speed of the slowest stick of ram, but still, it wouldn't be a problem, it'd just underclock it.
 
Originally posted by RS3RS
You can, that shouldn't be the problem... The RAM will only be able to run at the speed of the slowest stick of ram, but still, it wouldn't be a problem, it'd just underclock it.
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called "backwards compatability"..

and generic ram = the devil.
 
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