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Hi there, im having problems installing a 2GB DDR800, my motherboard specs says its suports up to 4GB and has a FSB of 800HHz, with the new memory stick installed int the slot the system freezes just before it loads windows, I tried the stick in every slot trying every combination with removing and moving around the current RAM that i have on the system. I dont see why this RAM shouldnt work, anyone got any advice or solved this issue befor please help?
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the motherboard is a 925x Neo FSB800MHz
Pentiun 4 3GHz 530 CPU
80Gb IBM HDD
Running XP home
It currently has two samsung 256DDR2
tying to install Hynix 2GB DDR2.
Thanks for the quik response would really apprichiate any help
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Incompatible RAM.
Is it high density? but your mb only support low density?
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these are the specs my botherboard gives me
Main Memory
• Supports 4 unbuffered DIMM of 1.8 Volt DDR2 SDRAM
• Supports up to 4GB memory size
• Support Dual Channel DDR2 533/400MHz and up(*DDR2 Memory Modules are not the same as DDR Memory Module, please check your memory vendor for more information)
Chipset
Intel® Alderwood 925X Chipset
• Supports FSB 800MHz
• Support Dual channel DDR2 533+/533/400 memory interface upto 4GB
• Support PCI Express 16X interface
might be low density?
If its incompatible what RAM would be compatible? There are 2 open slots, what is the fastest RAM that i could install?
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Crucial online scanner
CPU-Z will tell you the specs of RAM
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Your specs state "Support Dual Channel DDR2 533/400MHz". You have DDR2-800. Because of "backwards compatibility", it *should* work, but it would have be better to stick with what's officially supported.
You should always test new RAM with memtest86 beofre putting it into service. If any errors are found, the RAM is either defective or incompatible & should be replaced.
http://www.memtest86.com/download.html
Your P4 CPU runs at 200Mhz (800MHz FSB) so for best performance, the RAM should run at 266MHz...that would be DDR2-533. And since your board supports dual channel mode, you should have a matched pair.
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Thanks so much for all your help, im ganna go and change the RAM tomorow, i also thought the backward compliant would work. Ill just get two DDR533 modules then, is that ganna give me the speed that i want? and how do you test RAM without actchually installing it on your motherboard, you would have to install it to test it? Thanks alot again! this is a great site!
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A link to the memory testing program is listed above. You need to download the appropriate file to create either a bootable floppy or bootable CD. Then you boot off the disk & let the program run. It will run continuously in a loop until it's stopped. It usually takes 30 min or so to run one complete test series. No user intervention is required other than to exit the program. Obviously the new RAM has to be installed to be able to test it.
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