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Subject: System hangs up after installing ne

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Name: TTMAR84
Date: December 31, 2007 at 16:31:58 Pacific
Subject: System hangs up after installing ne
OS: xp sp2
CPU/Ram: 2.2 GHz 2GB
Model/Manufacturer: HP Pavilion a808x

Comment:

My system is always on...I added new memory and now every morning I have to reboot the sys by holding in the power on switch untill the sytem shuts off, then, after about 10 seconds I hit the sw again and power up. Everything is fine until the next morning. I notice that the HD lite is blinking very slowly yet I find nothing listed in the task manager window after ctrl, alt, del???
Dennis R. Ling

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Response Number 1

Name: aegis
Date: December 31, 2007 at 17:21:51 Pacific
Subject: System hangs up after installing ne

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Try this: Power off, unplug the AC cord and reseat the motherboard power connector.

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Response Number 2

Name: jam
Date: December 31, 2007 at 18:19:10 Pacific
Subject: System hangs up after installing ne

Reply: (edit)

Test your new RAM with memtest86 or memtest86+

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Response Number 3

Name: Tubesandwires
Date: December 31, 2007 at 19:13:03 Pacific
Subject: System hangs up after installing ne

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"....I added new memory and now..."
Trying ram in this mboard that works in another mboard , or trying any ram you buy or have lying around, may not work properly - it has to be compatible with the mboard and it's chipset.
See response 5 in this for some info about ram compatibilty, and some places where you can find out what will work in your mboard for sure:
http://www.computing.net/hardware/w...
Correction to that:
Mushkin www.mushkin.com
A common thing that can happen with ram, even ram that worked fine previously, is the ram has, or has developed, a poor connection in it's slot(s).
This usually happens a long time after the ram was installed, but it can happen with new ram, or after moving the computer case from one place to another, and I've had even new modules that needed to have their contacts cleaned.
See response 2 in this - try cleaning the contacts on the ram modules, and making sure the modules are properly seated:
http://www.computing.net/hardware/w...
If you run a ram test, do that AFTER having cleaned the contacts, and making sure the modules are properly seated, otherwise the results of the memory test may be INVALID.
If any ram module is incompatible with the mboard chipset, it is likely to FAIL a memory test - that too is INVALID - the ram probably works fine when installed on a mboard with a chipset it is compatible with.
If you run a ram test, make sure it is a very recent or the latest available version. Some older versions can't test more recent modules properly and will generate FALSE errors. E.g. an older version of memtest86 produced false errors for me efor DDR2 ram meant for a NVidia AM2 mboard chipset (on an Asus M2N-E SLI) .

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Response Number 4

Name: Ghostman 1
Date: January 1, 2008 at 06:45:09 Pacific
Subject: System hangs up after installing ne

Reply: (edit)

Take out the new memory and then start to see if that is your problem...

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