Memory issues

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by 0jase, May 8, 2006.

  1. 0jase

    0jase Private E-2

    Hi All,
    I have 2 Dell XPS Gen4's one for gaming and one for work.
    Originally they both came with 1gb of ram.
    I have just upgraded the memory on my gaming system to
    4gb (4x1gb sticks) which has taken up all the slots thus leaving
    me with 1gb (2x512) sticks.
    The plan was to put these in my work pc so as to have 2gb of ram.
    When i added the memory i got a black screen with white writing in the
    top right corner (cant remember exactly what it said) with a few words
    like rgb,dvi.vga etc,and that was as far as it went.
    So i took the memory out and all was ok.
    From my point of view i cant see why the memory doesnt work
    as its from a virtually identical system.
    Any ideas as to what this means ?
    Thanks in advance for any assistance :)
     
  2. kjanz

    kjanz Corporal

  3. ASUS

    ASUS MajorGeek

    Sounds like the memory isnt Identical.
    It is very possible to have memory of the same brand & model made from completly different mem chips
    Also possible to be incompatitable with each other.
    Or even the Factory set SPD timmings/settings might be different, causing incompatitablity, To overcome this, if it is even the issue, You might try to manualy configure your mem timmings.

    Try each pair, alone, in your work PC.
    Also try the existing memory in the other two mem slots.
    Are you sure your memory was properly seated?
    Try your new gaming mem in your work PC
     
  4. 0jase

    0jase Private E-2

    Thanx for the replys :)
    I'll check out a few bits soon.
     

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