new ram but pc crashes?

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hi i recently bought new ram 2gb geil 800mhz i used to have 1gb 533mhz i think but anyway when i had the 1gb my pc was fine but now i stuck the 2gb ram my pc ofc has become faster but now n again i got crashes why that?

i got the ram for 2 days now its crashed 2 twice y.d n 2 just now

sometimes it crash n somtime it my pc just restarts

anyone know whats goin on?

fink i got a

power supply maybe? onlt 400 i think or 300 possibly lol

 

[FarFarAway]

Have you changed the BIOS settings for it? I would suggest setting the RAM voltage to what GEIL recommends and altering the timings as well

 

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Have you changed the BIOS settings for it? I would suggest setting the RAM voltage to what GEIL recommends and altering the timings as well

thanks for helping me but u have to be more specific im rubbish with pc tbh lol how do u do that then? lol

 

[FarFarAway]

Go into BIOS (either F2 or Del key at POST), go into RAM voltage options and up it to what the RAM recommends. Then find the memory timings menu and set the first four timings to what the RAM recommends. There's a label on the RAM that should have this information, failing that their website should have it

 

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cheers will do that later atm watching tv n eating

thanks for advice tried that later 2nite

 

[ippy]

Go into BIOS (either F2 or Del key at POST), go into RAM voltage options and up it to what the RAM recommends. Then find the memory timings menu and set the first four timings to what the RAM recommends. There's a label on the RAM that should have this information, failing that their website should have it

no good went in BIOS n nothing there i could do, cant even select the ram itself the writing in grey, i ve checked all the sub menus in BIOS still nothing there cant even find the word "voltage" lol

 

[Rastalovich]

What motherboard, or what make is ur pc ?

 

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bought it from comet a year ago lol HP

mobo is nvidia 6150 i think

amd x2 4200

was 1gb 533 or 556 dunno lol but now ofc 2gb 800mhz

gfx card 7600gs lol <<

 

[Rastalovich]

Ouch, I was kinda afraid of that.

Chances are the HP bios is one their ones u can`t change much stuff in.

hmmm what to suggest.

I assume if u take the memory out, it never crashes ?

 

[ippy]

Ouch, I was kinda afraid of that.

Chances are the HP bios is one their ones u can`t change much stuff in.

hmmm what to suggest.

I assume if u take the memory out, it never crashes ?

yep when i had my old 1gb one never crashed once but now since the 2gb it has crashed alot n i mean lot!!

think its gettin worse!!!

 

[markkleb]

I would find out which mobo you have (6150 is not the model) than go to its site and find out what memory they recommend for the mobo.

 

[Rastalovich]

yep when i had my old 1gb one never crashed once but now since the 2gb it has crashed alot n i mean lot!!

think its gettin worse!!!

What I mean is, does it go back to working ok if u take it back out ?

 

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sorry about this i bought this piece of

a year ago i if 6150 is not it then its not lol

the crash is gettin out of control now its terrible lmao think i

this pc up

just then my pc just turn itself out but leaving someone else running inside it think it was the hardrive or something but something turned n my screen was blank says no signal

this is bad very very bad

 

[ippy]

What I mean is, does it go back to working ok if u take it back out ?

what u mean? does it go back working?.....

 

[Rastalovich]

Does it stop crashing if u take the new 2g out and put the old 1g back in ?

 

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Does it stop crashing if u take the new 2g out and put the old 1g back in ?

i havent tried that yet but i cba to put it bak in

the inside is a mess n its hard to reach the ram this is what u get when u buy a pc of comet

 

[markkleb]

you could have those problems with even new very high end parts. You just need to find memory the mobo likes.

 

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you could have those problems with even new very high end parts. You just need to find memory the mobo likes.

well i didnt really go upgrade by much

was

1gb ( 256 x4 ) 533mhz pc2 4200

now

2gb ( 1gb x 2 ) 800 mhz pc2 6400

or was it that much????

 

[Rastalovich]

"Could be" that the frequency the motherboard runs the original memory is ~barely~ able to run the newer memory, AND the voltage supplied to it.

Seeing as u don`t seem to be able to change either of the settings of those cos of the HP bios, u could be stuck.

Only a few things I can think of.

a) Try the 2 sticks of the 2g in different slots. Preferably either slot 1 & 3, or 1 & 2. (slot numbers are on the motherboard)

b) Look at the original memory for a sticker on the side of them that will say something like 4-4-4-18 1.8v - or similar. Compare this to the sticker on the new memory.

 

[markkleb]

Some motherboards are more picky than others about memory, the memory sticks can look the same but can need different timings and voltages to run sometimes.