Well i got some more RAM today for my PC and when i fitted it, on start up the windows screen had tiny little errors/missing pixels. Then it would just keep resetting ?????????????????????????????

Took it out now and its fine

Please help

 

wrong type?

 

you buy 168 pin sdram tiff?? is it pc100 or 133??

 

sory to point out the obvious or swap slots but new memory where old one is see if that helps? could be a fault slot I'm not sure

 

sounds like a dodgy stick

did u fit new graphics card also

as your graphics card is onboard uses some of the ram for the graphics card

 

Just fitted the extra RAM at the moment, well tried to

 

did u put your fingers all over it ?

try taking the original one out carefully and put new one in its place see if same happens

if it does looks like you got a dodgy stick if not then you may have a dodgy slot on your motherboard

does it say anythign on the memory? it is defo pc 2100 ddr yus ?

 

Craig

I was extra careful not to touch the chips, only held it at each end.

On the card it says: DDRR 184pin PC2100 256mb

I will try swapping them

 

Have u got an aftermarket graphics card? Or are u using the on board graphics? Are both sticks same speed?

 

he has bought an aftermarket agp card but not fitted it yet

tiff id try fitting both

it maybe the onboard graphics card is playing up after youve tried the things above

be carefull and hold the card at the edges

 

Need to make sure both sticks are the same type and even though it sounds obvious make sure it's properly seated in the slot. I used to get the blue screen of death every now and then. No idea why. Then one day thought I'm sick of only have 256mb of RAM and went and bought the same again. Opened up the PC and found that I already had 512 I'd just left a stick in there for months not properly in the slot and totally forgotten I had it. I have no idea to this day how I missed that. I'm supposed to know what I'm doing

I built this PC myself!

 

Right then

I just took the original card out and put the new one in the original slot

Turned the PC one and it Bleep loudly a few times but nothing happened, screen stated black

Put the original card back in and all is fine

 

sounds like a dodgy stick of ram mate

have to send it back

happens all the time with RAM

out of interest does it say much on your other stick of ram ? as the model number you gave me the spec was defo pc 2100 ddr

 

The OE one had DDR2100 on it also

Can i still fit the new grafix card without the extra RAM????

 

yes you can

you can just rma the ram

 

 

have to send it back rma = return merchandise authorisation

 

Got ya

must be "neville" talk

Cheers Craig

 

buy a 512, they aint much ya tart



while ur at it, get a p4 3.4ghz extreme edition and motherboard to suit.

might be a good 800 quid tho, but u prolly got that in ur desk drawer at the back


hope ya get it sorted, cheez

 

Stu

You may be called in to sort it out yet mate

 

So with this Grafix card, do i just fit it into the tower then turn the PC back on and insert the disc and follow the instructions

 

drop it round if u getstuck and ill sort it if u want

 

yes tiff

 

Cheers for the Offer Ranj

 

Right then, after a little MSN chat with Ranj its all sorted

I took the original card out of slot 1 and tried it in slot 2 to make sure the slots were ok.

They were

So i thought i would try the new card in slot 1...............................and it nows works fine



Cheers for all your help guys and Cheers Ranj

 

Can I jump on the thread now then

Fitted a brand new hard drive in my machine as a slave, device manager is seeing it, but has not asigned it a letter. How can I format it or sort it out ? Im having a dumb day

This PC is on Win 98 and I want to put XP on the new HD then eventually swap over ditching the old one into storage.

 

HiJack away Tony

Im sure the Nevilles will see you right

 

Right

Stand by your beds, im fitting the graphix card now

 

best thing to do mate

reboot

keep pressing F8 till u get menu

choose "Command prompt only" I thnk it is

when u get "C:\>"

type FDISK

thru there you can configure the new drive.

 

Stu, accesed it through Run > Command

Is it option 5 ? Change current fixed disc drive ?

I dont want to format the wrong drive and lose everything on this one by mistake.

 

hes been gone for a while... has he broken it???

 

Im back

What should i notice with a new Grafix card?????????????????????????

Is there any setting i change for better picture or anything?

 

where did you buy the RAM from? ebuyer? I had two dodgy bastard 256 meg ddr dimms from them, ended up keeping 256 megs in my pc coz couldn't be arsed with the fookin hassle!!

 

Try not to mix RAM....never a good idea!!! Also cheap RAM has a tendancy to go tits up - at least try to buy Major on Third stuff!!!

 

nuts, DO NOT RUN FDISK THRU RUN...COMMAND!!!!!

you need to be in pure DOS or you'll fuck it up (thats if itll even run!)

change current fixed drive to the drive you wanna partition, then delete any partitions that are on it already (probably none tho) then add a primary partition (option1) of max size

then bob's your mother's brother

ps this new partition will now need formatting, but it should now appear as having a drive letter

ps it's easier in 2K/XP as you can partition/format it all in windows without having to run the text based fdisk program (for those that are interested its in control panel-admin tools-computer management)

 

Jim im still here - I have closed the Run > Command down now then

How do I do that ? I take it its from one of the 5 options FDISK gives me ??

 

Jim shouldn't he initialize it first? I had to do that with my new one before I could format it and have it show in my computer.

 

Yes, bought it from E-Buyer

 

nutts

this should make it easier for u mate

http://www.onecomputerguy.com/install/fdisk.htm