RAM problems! Help!

manitoba · 11-16-2005, 01:38 PM

I had one 256 mt sdram memory in my pc. I added another one, Kingston KVR133X64C3/256. My pc can't find it!
My motherboard is Chaintech CT-7AIA5 and I have Windows XP.
What I have to do?

Dilly man 2 · 11-16-2005, 01:53 PM

well, for one, i pretty sure they need to be the same type of RAM.
like to mt or 2 kingston, but one of the kingstons could be 1gig and the other 512 mb

manitoba · 11-16-2005, 02:30 PM

I'm pretty sure that RAMs are same type.

I switched the place of the RAMs and when i started pc, screen was black and computer was bleeping all the time.

diduknowthat · 11-16-2005, 09:45 PM

seems like you have a faulty ram slot. Since your original ram is in a good one and when you added the new on onto the bad slot. So when you switched it around the computer detects no ram and starts to have the long beeps. Do you have another slot you can put the ram in?

manitoba · 11-17-2005, 05:49 AM

No, i have only two slots. I tried to put the new ram into the good slot, without old ram, it didn't work. I also tried to put the old ram into the second slot, it didn't work.
It seems the second slot is faulty and new ram doesn't work?

manitoba · 11-18-2005, 01:46 PM

Well, never mind. I bought a new pc.

Dilly man 2 · 11-18-2005, 01:59 PM

lol
that will also fix the problems

4W4K3 · 11-18-2005, 02:46 PM

More than likely 256MB might have been the maximum amount of RAM your motherboard would recognize. I am willing to guess this machine was ancient, so good idea getting a new machine (hopefully by new you mean brand new, and not just a different old computer.)

manitoba · 11-18-2005, 04:35 PM

No, my motherboard supports up to 1G memor in my old pc.

Yeh, i bought the new one. It IS a brand new, not used.

AMD Athlon 64™ 3400+
1024 Mt DDR -- I'll buy to 2 G (S**t, i hope memory works

)
250 Gt HD
NVIDIA® GeForce™ 6600 256 Mt
PCI-Express 16x

I think this is good.

Broken_Naols · 11-18-2005, 05:47 PM

I had the same problem. If one works, but the other doesn't.It's most probably a faulty RAM stick. Most of the new motherboards require the RAM be installed in order. (Slot one, then slot two) which is why the Motherboard wouldn't post with it in the other slot.

11-16-2005, 01:38 PM	#1 (permalink)
manitoba New Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 5	RAM problems! Help! I had one 256 mt sdram memory in my pc. I added another one, Kingston KVR133X64C3/256. My pc can't find it! My motherboard is Chaintech CT-7AIA5 and I have Windows XP. What I have to do?

11-16-2005, 01:53 PM	#2 (permalink)
Dilly man 2 Gold Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Grafton, Wisconsin Age: 19 Posts: 461	well, for one, i pretty sure they need to be the same type of RAM. like to mt or 2 kingston, but one of the kingstons could be 1gig and the other 512 mb __________________ My computer works again! SunBeam Acrillic Case Antec Neo He 550watt Seagate SATA ll 160gig AMD 4200 Duel Core o/c to 2.4gig Nvidia XFX 7800GTX 256mb ABIT AN8-ULTRA Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra OCZ Platinum Performance 2gig Windows XP OEM Turtle Beach 5.1 surround Headset Logitech G-5 lazer Mouse :P :P :P

11-16-2005, 09:45 PM	#4 (permalink)
diduknowthat formerly liuliuboy Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Massachusetts Age: 17 Posts: 6,485	seems like you have a faulty ram slot. Since your original ram is in a good one and when you added the new on onto the bad slot. So when you switched it around the computer detects no ram and starts to have the long beeps. Do you have another slot you can put the ram in? __________________ Dell Latitude XT Convertible Tablet Intel Core 2 Duo U7600 1.2ghz CPU 3GB DDR2 677 Memory 120GB 1.8" PATA Hard Drive ATI Radeon Xpress 1250 Graphics 12.1" WXGA LED Touch Screen N-Trig Capacitive Touch/Active Digitizer

11-18-2005, 01:59 PM	#7 (permalink)
Dilly man 2 Gold Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Grafton, Wisconsin Age: 19 Posts: 461	lol that will also fix the problems __________________ My computer works again! SunBeam Acrillic Case Antec Neo He 550watt Seagate SATA ll 160gig AMD 4200 Duel Core o/c to 2.4gig Nvidia XFX 7800GTX 256mb ABIT AN8-ULTRA Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra OCZ Platinum Performance 2gig Windows XP OEM Turtle Beach 5.1 surround Headset Logitech G-5 lazer Mouse :P :P :P

11-18-2005, 02:46 PM	#8 (permalink)
4W4K3 VIP Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Lewisville, TX Age: 20 Posts: 6,875	More than likely 256MB might have been the maximum amount of RAM your motherboard would recognize. I am willing to guess this machine was ancient, so good idea getting a new machine (hopefully by new you mean brand new, and not just a different old computer.) __________________ My Computer I choose to believe what I was programmed to believe. Can I eat your brain? FOLDING FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND :F@H Team 44358

11-16-2005, 02:30 PM	#3 (permalink)
manitoba New Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 5	I'm pretty sure that RAMs are same type. I switched the place of the RAMs and when i started pc, screen was black and computer was bleeping all the time.

11-17-2005, 05:49 AM	#5 (permalink)
manitoba New Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 5	No, i have only two slots. I tried to put the new ram into the good slot, without old ram, it didn't work. I also tried to put the old ram into the second slot, it didn't work. It seems the second slot is faulty and new ram doesn't work?

11-18-2005, 01:46 PM	#6 (permalink)
manitoba New Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 5	Well, never mind. I bought a new pc.

11-18-2005, 04:35 PM	#9 (permalink)
manitoba New Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 5	No, my motherboard supports up to 1G memor in my old pc. Yeh, i bought the new one. It IS a brand new, not used. AMD Athlon 64™ 3400+ 1024 Mt DDR -- I'll buy to 2 G (S**t, i hope memory works ) 250 Gt HD NVIDIA® GeForce™ 6600 256 Mt PCI-Express 16x I think this is good.

11-18-2005, 05:47 PM	#10 (permalink)
Broken_Naols New Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 11	I had the same problem. If one works, but the other doesn't.It's most probably a faulty RAM stick. Most of the new motherboards require the RAM be installed in order. (Slot one, then slot two) which is why the Motherboard wouldn't post with it in the other slot. __________________ Athlon64 3000+ 512mb RAM Winfast 760gkx8mb. :( qtec 350w psu :( total 28gb hard disk space.(split between two disks.) :( gforce fx 6600. 128. PCI :( gforce DDR 32mb. AGP4 ( I think)

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