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- Dec 31, 2001
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- Ottawa, Canada
Hi, I have a 512MB stick of PC2100 non-ECC Crucial RAM, it's been working fine for about a month, but just a few days ago, I've been getting a lot of corruption and weird crashes. I run my system with another stick of 256MB OEM Micron PC2100, alongside the Crucial,
Now, whenever I try to use both sticks at once, the system won't get past the OS loader screen. When I use only the 256MB OEM Micron, my computer boots into Windows 2000 fine. If I try to boot with only the Crucila stick installed, no matter which mem slot, the system will not boot. The weird thing is, the motherboard does not even POST, no beep codes (Soyo Dragon Plus). If I remove the stick of RAM and try to power on with no RAM, it makes the one long beep meaning faulty/missing RAM.
Does this mean the Crucial stick has gone defective? I have not overclocked it ever. Would this be likely covered by their limited lifetime warranty? And, if anyone has ever dealt with RMAs with Crucial, would you have any tips to ensure the process goes smoothly?
Thanks in advance.
Now, whenever I try to use both sticks at once, the system won't get past the OS loader screen. When I use only the 256MB OEM Micron, my computer boots into Windows 2000 fine. If I try to boot with only the Crucila stick installed, no matter which mem slot, the system will not boot. The weird thing is, the motherboard does not even POST, no beep codes (Soyo Dragon Plus). If I remove the stick of RAM and try to power on with no RAM, it makes the one long beep meaning faulty/missing RAM.
Does this mean the Crucial stick has gone defective? I have not overclocked it ever. Would this be likely covered by their limited lifetime warranty? And, if anyone has ever dealt with RMAs with Crucial, would you have any tips to ensure the process goes smoothly?
Thanks in advance.