- Joined
- Jun 11, 2002
- Location
- Gatineau, Quebec
I had 768mb of ram before i installed my new Athlon XP. After the installation was complete, i reinstalled my ram and booted up my computer. At the boot screen, it showed only 512mb of ram. Hmmmm, i take them out 1 by 1 and test them to see which one isnt working. I set one in Dimm1 and it boots showing 256mb of ram, fine this one works... I put the second one in, boots up showing 256mb of ram, this one is fine too... I put the third in, no go, wont boot, so i figure i must have damaged it during the installation of my processor. So, i put it aside thinking RMA. About 5 mins ago, i had an idea to try it in my other pc which already has 256mb in it. I put it in, press the power button and boots up showing a total of 512mb of ram.... The million dollar question is, why wont it boot in mine? I tried a multiple ways, dimm1, dimm2, dimm1 + dimm2... still no go. What could be causing this? Could it be the fact that i installed a new processor?