Grant
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thanks ppl
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RAM compatibility question
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Any idea how your original RAM was replaced? Perhaps you upgraded it thinking there would be an improvement? Perhaps one failed?
Speedster
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RAM is nice and all but in my experience biggest bang for buck would be replacing HDD with SSD.
Apparently already has one.
Speedster
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I should learn to read
Grant
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i had already replaced the original drive with an ssd.
indeed, remarkable improvement.
Grant
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and so it continues.
i managed to get my hands on a matching pair of 4bg chips - same spec as original, except capacity.
so in the pic, the upper chip is one of the original identical 2gb pair.
the lower chip is one of the identical 4gb pair.
if i install both 4gb chip, the machine gets stuck in a reboot cycle.
swapping the chips around in the ram slots results in the same reboot loop.
if i install chip "a" on its own into either ram slot, the machine boots, and confirms 4gb present.
if i install chip "b" on its own into either ram slot, the machine goes into a reboot cycle.
if i install chip "a" into one ram slot, plus an original 2gb chip into the other slot, the machine boots and confirms 6gb present.
if i install chip "b" into either ram slot plus an original 2gb chip into the other slot, the machine is back to the reboot loop.
given this process of elimination, would it be safe to assume chip "b" is faulty ?
i managed to get my hands on a matching pair of 4bg chips - same spec as original, except capacity.
so in the pic, the upper chip is one of the original identical 2gb pair.
the lower chip is one of the identical 4gb pair.
if i install both 4gb chip, the machine gets stuck in a reboot cycle.
swapping the chips around in the ram slots results in the same reboot loop.
if i install chip "a" on its own into either ram slot, the machine boots, and confirms 4gb present.
if i install chip "b" on its own into either ram slot, the machine goes into a reboot cycle.
if i install chip "a" into one ram slot, plus an original 2gb chip into the other slot, the machine boots and confirms 6gb present.
if i install chip "b" into either ram slot plus an original 2gb chip into the other slot, the machine is back to the reboot loop.
given this process of elimination, would it be safe to assume chip "b" is faulty ?
Speedster
Honorary Master
I would say yes. Every time you use b it breaks