I just bought a new 256mb stick of RAM, PC133 making the total amount of RAM in my computer, 512mb.
I only have 3 DIMM slots so I have 2 individual 128mb PC133 sticks and 1 256mb PC133 stick. The chips on all 3 of the RAM sticks are made by a company named Infinieon.
My computer was working like a charm before installing a new RAM. I even formatted my comp a week ago too.
When installing the RAM, I had to take a cotton swab to clean this huge glob of dust stuck between the 3rd and only available DIMM slot. I didn't want to use a cotton swab because I *think* it may cause static electricity but my dad says a cotton swab doesn't cause static electricity.
So me and him cleaned out some dustballs stuck between the DIMM slots, between the fans of the CPU fan, etc.
I inserted the RAM. The clipholder on the left side of the DIMM slot would fit nicely with the RAM. However, it took alot of effort, time and pressure to get the right clipholder to fit into the arch on the side of the RAM. After about 10 minutes, the RAM finally fitted with the right clipholder.
I boot up, the BIOS pre-boot screen says 512mb of RAM is installed. I check under the SYSTEM menu in Control Panel and yep, it says 512mb of RAM too.
I launch up 3dmark2k1, I get a BSOD. I reboot and try Quake 3. Quake 3 at first, worked okay. But then as I launched it again, my screen turns black and there's 1 row of small green vertical lines going across the top of my screen.
Minutes later, I open Quake 2. Quake 2 crashed. I rebooted, started Quake 2 once again. My screen turns black and there's 1 row of small green vertical lines going across the top of my screen.
I'm thinking to myself...maybe my graphics card is overheating or something. I underclock my GF2. Same problems. I tried turning off the OPTIMAL setting in my BIOS. I tried turning off Fastwrites and SideBand Addressing. I even set my RAM back to CAS3 (it was on CAS2).
Nothing is working so far. It seems like after turning off all those settings, the crashes are less frequent but now, the "my screen turns black and there's 1 row of small green vertical lines going across the top of my screen" symptons happen every 1 of 3 times I launch either Quake 3 or Quake 2.
Can someone advise me on how to fix this? Thanks in advanced!!!
I only have 3 DIMM slots so I have 2 individual 128mb PC133 sticks and 1 256mb PC133 stick. The chips on all 3 of the RAM sticks are made by a company named Infinieon.
My computer was working like a charm before installing a new RAM. I even formatted my comp a week ago too.
When installing the RAM, I had to take a cotton swab to clean this huge glob of dust stuck between the 3rd and only available DIMM slot. I didn't want to use a cotton swab because I *think* it may cause static electricity but my dad says a cotton swab doesn't cause static electricity.
So me and him cleaned out some dustballs stuck between the DIMM slots, between the fans of the CPU fan, etc.
I inserted the RAM. The clipholder on the left side of the DIMM slot would fit nicely with the RAM. However, it took alot of effort, time and pressure to get the right clipholder to fit into the arch on the side of the RAM. After about 10 minutes, the RAM finally fitted with the right clipholder.
I boot up, the BIOS pre-boot screen says 512mb of RAM is installed. I check under the SYSTEM menu in Control Panel and yep, it says 512mb of RAM too.
I launch up 3dmark2k1, I get a BSOD. I reboot and try Quake 3. Quake 3 at first, worked okay. But then as I launched it again, my screen turns black and there's 1 row of small green vertical lines going across the top of my screen.
Minutes later, I open Quake 2. Quake 2 crashed. I rebooted, started Quake 2 once again. My screen turns black and there's 1 row of small green vertical lines going across the top of my screen.
I'm thinking to myself...maybe my graphics card is overheating or something. I underclock my GF2. Same problems. I tried turning off the OPTIMAL setting in my BIOS. I tried turning off Fastwrites and SideBand Addressing. I even set my RAM back to CAS3 (it was on CAS2).
Nothing is working so far. It seems like after turning off all those settings, the crashes are less frequent but now, the "my screen turns black and there's 1 row of small green vertical lines going across the top of my screen" symptons happen every 1 of 3 times I launch either Quake 3 or Quake 2.
Can someone advise me on how to fix this? Thanks in advanced!!!
