I received a stick of 512 MB DDR PC2100 RAM off eBay.
While I was waiting for this RAM to arrive, I *tried* to use a stick of 256mb Kingston Value RAM, PC2100.
The kingston gave me nothing but problems. I get the same damn problems with this new ram I got.
Problems with Kingston RAM:
-Sometimes get beep code for no ram detected
- Windows won't boot, just restarts itself before it reaches desktop
- When windows does boot, crashes immidately if I try to do anything, or just reboots.
- Have to uninstall video card drivers in safe mode before I can use normal mode. While in normal mode, try to install video card drivers and it crashes, or doesn't reach desktop at all, or gives me a weird screen image,
- Sometimes when turning on computer, automatically goes to BIOS setup.
New eBay ram:
- No more "No memory beep codes"
- Hasn't automatically went into the BIOS setup yet
- Seems to do everything else I listed still.
Before I even tried the Kingston Ram, I had been using some AZEN 256mb DDR... It worked okay.
If I try to reinstall windows XP, in the blue setup screen, at the bottom just after it says "Click f2 if you wish to install 3rd party RAID drivers" it stops loading, just gives me the blue setup screen with no text, no progress.
I removed my sound card, and my network card. All that is left is my video card, a Radeon 7200 LE.
I set all the BIOS settings to defualt to start from fresh.
Does anyone have ANY idea what the problem is, or how I could fix this bloody thing?
Oh and the system is:
pentium 3 1ghz
ASUS CUV-266
Radeon 7200 LE
AS said above, the other cards have been removed until I get it going.
While I was waiting for this RAM to arrive, I *tried* to use a stick of 256mb Kingston Value RAM, PC2100.
The kingston gave me nothing but problems. I get the same damn problems with this new ram I got.
Problems with Kingston RAM:
-Sometimes get beep code for no ram detected
- Windows won't boot, just restarts itself before it reaches desktop
- When windows does boot, crashes immidately if I try to do anything, or just reboots.
- Have to uninstall video card drivers in safe mode before I can use normal mode. While in normal mode, try to install video card drivers and it crashes, or doesn't reach desktop at all, or gives me a weird screen image,
- Sometimes when turning on computer, automatically goes to BIOS setup.
New eBay ram:
- No more "No memory beep codes"
- Hasn't automatically went into the BIOS setup yet
- Seems to do everything else I listed still.
Before I even tried the Kingston Ram, I had been using some AZEN 256mb DDR... It worked okay.
If I try to reinstall windows XP, in the blue setup screen, at the bottom just after it says "Click f2 if you wish to install 3rd party RAID drivers" it stops loading, just gives me the blue setup screen with no text, no progress.
I removed my sound card, and my network card. All that is left is my video card, a Radeon 7200 LE.
I set all the BIOS settings to defualt to start from fresh.
Does anyone have ANY idea what the problem is, or how I could fix this bloody thing?
Oh and the system is:
pentium 3 1ghz
ASUS CUV-266
Radeon 7200 LE
AS said above, the other cards have been removed until I get it going.