PC Help needed--Just tried fitting another 256mb RAM
06-01-2005, 03:50 PM
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PC Help needed--Just tried fitting another 256mb RAM
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
Took it out now and its fine
Please help
or swap slots but new memory where old one is see if that helps? could be a fault slot I'm not sure
06-01-2005, 03:58 PM
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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 ?
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 ?
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06-01-2005, 04:02 PM
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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
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
06-01-2005, 04:10 PM
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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
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
06-01-2005, 04:11 PM
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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!
I built this PC myself!
06-01-2005, 04:11 PM
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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
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
06-01-2005, 04:13 PM
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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
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
06-01-2005, 04:28 PM
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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
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
06-01-2005, 05:37 PM
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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
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
06-01-2005, 06:49 PM
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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.
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.
06-01-2005, 07:22 PM
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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.
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.
06-01-2005, 07:52 PM
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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!!
06-01-2005, 08:32 PM
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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)
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)
06-01-2005, 08:58 PM
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Jim im still here - I have closed the Run > Command down now then
change current fixed drive to the drive you wanna partition, then delete any partitions that are on it already
How do I do that ? I take it its from one of the 5 options FDISK gives me ??
06-01-2005, 09:28 PM
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Originally Posted by CapriSean
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!!
06-01-2005, 09:30 PM
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