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RAM upgrade, computer won't start

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Name: supermega
Date: January 12, 2006 at 07:45:10 Pacific
Subject: RAM upgrade, computer won't start
OS: windows xp
CPU/Ram: p4

Comment:

ok, i have two 256 sticks and tried to add two more. the computer won't start with all four sticks. i tried the two new sticks alone in different slots, put the old ram in different slots....it started right up each time. but, all four at once is a no go.
wondered if this has to do with a setting or something concerning the hyperthreading.
i looked in the bios and didn't see anything. i checked the motherboard manual and it says nothing about special settings or anything for having four sticks.
the motherboard is a "shuttle ab60n."
the ram is corsair, all four sticks are identical.
anyone else ever encounter this?
thanks!!

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Response Number 1

Name: cappieb
Date: January 12, 2006 at 08:00:31 Pacific
Subject: RAM upgrade, computer won't start

Reply: (edit)

Have you checked the mobo spec for max. RAM?

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Response Number 2

Name: supermega
Date: January 12, 2006 at 08:15:36 Pacific
Subject: RAM upgrade, computer won't start

Reply: (edit)

thanks. and yes, it supports up to 4GB of PC3200 DDR.

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Response Number 3

Name: wibs
Date: January 12, 2006 at 08:59:20 Pacific
Subject: RAM upgrade, computer won't start

Reply: (edit)

What do you mean by 'no-go'? What exactly do you see/hear when you try to boot with all four sticks in? Does the BIOS report the amount of memory after the POST?
Regards
Wibs

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Response Number 4

Name: supermega
Date: January 12, 2006 at 09:49:28 Pacific
Subject: RAM upgrade, computer won't start

Reply: (edit)

well, when i boot the machine, i get nothing on the screen, just black.
can't get to the bios.
so, i just shut it off.
thanks.

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Response Number 5

Name: GX1 Man
Date: January 12, 2006 at 10:11:33 Pacific
Subject: RAM upgrade, computer won't start

Reply: (edit)

Instead of the speculation go to www.crucial.com and see what you should have gotten and compare it towhat you got, and read the info there. There is more to it than just same speed.
crucial guarantees compatibility, has a lifetime warranty and prompt shipping. Did you get that with your purchase?
And of course we are all assuming that you put it in correctly.

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Response Number 6

Name: supermega
Date: January 15, 2006 at 15:35:22 Pacific
Subject: RAM upgrade, computer won't start

Reply: (edit)

ok, thanks.
but, what i SHOULD HAVE done is not helping me right now.

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