Blue Screen after ram upgrade

cryptic1

cryptic1

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Hi guys

Well I bought the extra 2 x1gig ram and added it to my existing 2gig. Some time after the installation I get the blue screen of death. It seems to work with 3x1gig.

Any idea on how I can get the machine to accept the 4gig.

Thanks in advance :)
 
Sucks, eh? As you probably read in this post, the “4GB” maximum memory limit of 32-bit Windows is purely theoretical. In practice, the max memory is something significantly less, equal to 4GB minus your video card memory and the address space allocated to a couple other hardware resourcse. Typically, the realistic maximum memory is somewhere betwee 2.5GB and 3.5GB.
Unfortunately, a lot of people are discovering this AFTER they pay for 4GB of RAM. For the record, this limitation has always been there, including in Windows XP and earlier versions of Windows. However, nowadays, more computer hardware is designed to support 4GB or more of RAM, and memory is getting cheap enough that more people can afford the full 4GB.
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http://www.vistaclues.com/reader-question-32-bit-vista-memory-limits/

Possibly the problem?
 
Running 1 t or 2 t command rate?? I upgrade to 4 gig's yesterday and my board wouldn't post with 4 x 1 gig at 1 t but posted fine at 2 t.
 
Hi Cryptic1 - h4ppyfish's quote is correct - XP 32-bit has a "problem" with 4GB - not all of it will register for you to see. I had a similar situation, and ended up accepting the XP reported 3.25GB installed.

- The other thing I had to do was go into my BIOS (on boot-up - DEL or F2 usually) and change the setting of Memory Hole to Enabled - this sorts out the motherboard restriction and should do away with the BSOD. (your motherboard may have a hidden "Advanced Options" like the Gigabyte boards - CTRL + F1 to view)
- Make a note of each current BIOS screen setting before using the next step, 'cos the values will be reset to the default.
- To reset your CMOS, turn off and unplug the power, then remove the CMOS battery - you may also have a jumper on the motherbaord called "Clear CMOS" that you can bridge with the jumper supplied - after 30 seconds or so, replace the battery and power. After powering up, the BIOS will be back to its default values, and you should get a CMOS Error message with the option of pressing F1 to continue - at this stage hit DEL and go into the BIOS settings and change your settings to what they were as noted in the step above - save the settings and reboot you should not have the BSOD problem again.

Cheers,
HB
 
Thank you for your repsonses:). I've got a Buffalo Creek mobo with an E6750 & 7600GT - and I've come to terms with the fact that I'll only see 3.25gig.

I jus want to use all four gig now.
 
Mos Def XP being stupid :( Oh well 3GB's is better than 2 :D
 
try updating the BIOS, some of the latest Intel chipsets had problems with 4GB memory on certain bios revisions...

32bit xp still wont be able to address it tho
 
Check that your motherboard can support that amount of memory at that specific frequency. Some motherboards can only support 4GB of RAM at only 667MHz.

Also check your dual-channel configuration physically and in your BIOS.
 
Ok so I've swopped the ram around and all four modules work fine. Now I get a blue screen with the third & fourth ram, in effect my pc only works fine with 2gig of ram :(. I've done the bios update and still no luck, can someone show me how to have the ram settings done in bios.

Thanks once again :)
 
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