Faulty ram... thought Hard drive was issue.

Hi World,

Here is a new one...well at least for me.
Just thought I would add this one in case someone has a similar issue one day.


Started work this morning rebuilding a little old P3 800MHz.
Added some ram to speed up the install process etc..
formated partitioned etc fine..
When it came to Windows doing a Hard drive scan just prior to the Windows install thats where the issue began, with this long story being cut down to - my only option was to restart.
Tried to do a scan disk and check disk.. no c:\ invalid disc... you what...:confused... looked in bios HDD there..hmmm
what was the last thing i did...ahh added ram took out the newly added ram fine.
Removed the ram windows installed like nothing was ever wrong.
The additional RAM was the same speed as the existing, but twice the capacity, and same amount of chips on the sticks too... I had also tried swapping ram banks prior to removing the larger simm - which was the culprit.

Anyway might be a consideration if you think you Hard drive has the issue when in reality it could be the ram, at least perhaps something worth considering, before throwing out that 500GB HDD


L8r world:wave