*ram upgrade issues*

M

milkman

New Member
i have a couple of gx280's here at work that are a lil sluggish, i also have a couple gx280's that are now used for parts. so i rip out the ram out of the old ones, and stick it in the new ones. and i get the blue screen ...

so i open it up again and the 2 ram chips that were in there from the factory match the 2 that i put in, exactly! what can be the problem?

ps. this is XP pro, dell gx280's, it recognizes the ram. each chip is 256 mb, and it recognizes the whole gb. im confused
 
Grab a cd image of memtest and let that run for several hours in case the memory is seeing faults. Besides troublesome memory BSODs are often caused by corrupted or missing device drivers. Look for any information displayed when the next blue screen appears since that is usually needed to determine the cause.
 
milkman said:
i have a couple of gx280's here at work that are a lil sluggish, i also have a couple gx280's that are now used for parts. so i rip out the ram out of the old ones, and stick it in the new ones. and i get the blue screen ...

so i open it up again and the 2 ram chips that were in there from the factory match the 2 that i put in, exactly! what can be the problem?

ps. this is XP pro, dell gx280's, it recognizes the ram. each chip is 256 mb, and it recognizes the whole gb. im confused
Click to expand...

Just put the 2 in that you took out of the one for used parts and try them by theirself to see if you have the same problem.
 
PC eye said:
Grab a cd image of memtest and let that run for several hours in case the memory is seeing faults. Besides troublesome memory BSODs are often caused by corrupted or missing device drivers. Look for any information displayed when the next blue screen appears since that is usually needed to determine the cause.
Click to expand...


this is a business and i cant leave it running for hours, it is someones work station.

pc3200U is in there (2 x 256 mb) and i put in 2 x 256 mb in the other 2 slots, same brand and everything.
 
The idea of running memtest is simply to find out if the dimms you pulled out of the spare cases were faulty. You wouldn't actually have to leave it running for hours being someone else's work station but long enough to see if memtest starts reporting any errors while running the series of stress tests.

Which model gx280 is that? small form factor? small desktop, desktop, small mini tower, or mini tower? The small form factor will take 2gb while the others will run upto 4gb of DDR2 400/533 memory. A new set of larger dimms would add more ram while eliminating the need to worry about which dimm is defective.

A good 2gb(2x1gb) will smooth things out for XP increasing ram. Also use the analysis option for the defragmentation tool to see how high the percentage is for the fragmentation being seen on the hard drive. A heavy fragmentaion will slow things down as well as the need to see more ram available.
 
PC eye said:
The idea of running memtest is simply to find out if the dimms you pulled out of the spare cases were faulty. You wouldn't actually have to leave it running for hours being someone else's work station but long enough to see if memtest starts reporting any errors while running the series of stress tests.

Which model gx280 is that? small form factor? small desktop, desktop, small mini tower, or mini tower? The small form factor will take 2gb while the others will run upto 4gb of DDR2 400/533 memory. A new set of larger dimms would add more ram while eliminating the need to worry about which dimm is defective.

A good 2gb(2x1gb) will smooth things out for XP increasing ram. Also use the analysis option for the defragmentation tool to see how high the percentage is for the fragmentation being seen on the hard drive. A heavy fragmentaion will slow things down as well as the need to see more ram available.
Click to expand...

liek i said the chips were just sitting here, so i thought why not use them you know. and they are identical to the ones in the current pc. and the chance of 2 of the 4 chips being faulty is kind of odd.
 
Just sitting where? Memory modules(simms, dimms, rimms) are sensitive to any form of electrostatic discharge(esd) where they have to handled with care and not simply tossed around or see any contact with the small copper contacts that run along one side. If you walk across a carpeted floor while holding memory it can be easily damaged since you mention being at a place of business where carpeting is common!
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top