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DarkSideA8
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Several months ago my son grabbed a pair of my unused RAM modules and plugged them into his computer for a cheap and easy upgrade.
I did not realize at the time that he'd mixed modules - there was already a pair 4gb PC 3200 sticks and the ones he grabbed were PC 2133
Everything worked fine until last night - when his computer started acting wonky and I began diagnostics. Discovered the 'hardware reserved' issue - 11gb of the 16 were hardware reserved.
It's important to note - there have been no recent HW changes.
Anyway this drove me to inspect the modules where I discovered the mismatch. Normally I would assume that up to this point, the system automatically downgraded the PC 3200 to 2133 speed - which is the default anyway, and this should not be that much of a problem.
Question is - aside from this being an obvious first place to start - why would it suddenly be an issue?
Other things - msconfig does not have max mem checked and again there have been no recent changes
Thoughts/suggestions?
I did not realize at the time that he'd mixed modules - there was already a pair 4gb PC 3200 sticks and the ones he grabbed were PC 2133
Everything worked fine until last night - when his computer started acting wonky and I began diagnostics. Discovered the 'hardware reserved' issue - 11gb of the 16 were hardware reserved.
It's important to note - there have been no recent HW changes.
Anyway this drove me to inspect the modules where I discovered the mismatch. Normally I would assume that up to this point, the system automatically downgraded the PC 3200 to 2133 speed - which is the default anyway, and this should not be that much of a problem.
Question is - aside from this being an obvious first place to start - why would it suddenly be an issue?
Other things - msconfig does not have max mem checked and again there have been no recent changes
Thoughts/suggestions?
