I recently ran into a problem I cannot find a solution for thru the M$ Knowledgebase or thru Search Engines, etc. I tried to upgrade my system from 512MB of RAM to 768MB and I started to get random errors to where my system would get to the Windows logo and then automatically reboot. I had 2 - 256MB PC133 SDRAM Dimms in my system, and I was adding a 3rd. All the RAM was the same brand (Crucial) CL2/PC133. I at first thought it was the Latency or another BIOS setting, so I turned all of them down. The problem still existed. So I replaced the new stick and the problem did not go away. I tried all the DIMM slots and ruled those out. Then I finally bought a 512MB stick and popped that in with only one other 256MB stick, and the problem still exists.
I thought it might be a Memory Bank issue, but now it seems like a WinXP issue. Anyone ever seen this before with WinXP or with RAM over 512MB. My system works fine with 512MB and below, but will not work with more than that. Here are my specs:
WinXP Pro w/ SP1
ECS K7VZA Rev3 Mobo (manual says 3 DIMM slots, for up to 1.5 GB total)
1.4 AMD T-Bird
GeForce4 Ti4200 64MB
SB Live 5.1 Sound
512MB PC133 CL2 SDRAM - trying to go to 768MB or higher (Crucial)
Creative 52X CDROM
Lite-ON 40x CD-RW
Some of the specific errors I got were: System automatically reboots either when the Windows Logo is displayed or desktop is displayed. Then it asks to go into Safe Mode or Last Config. System comes all the way up, then cursor stays as an hourglass and I cannot click on any icons or taskbar, keyboard does not work either.
Thanks in advance!
I thought it might be a Memory Bank issue, but now it seems like a WinXP issue. Anyone ever seen this before with WinXP or with RAM over 512MB. My system works fine with 512MB and below, but will not work with more than that. Here are my specs:
WinXP Pro w/ SP1
ECS K7VZA Rev3 Mobo (manual says 3 DIMM slots, for up to 1.5 GB total)
1.4 AMD T-Bird
GeForce4 Ti4200 64MB
SB Live 5.1 Sound
512MB PC133 CL2 SDRAM - trying to go to 768MB or higher (Crucial)
Creative 52X CDROM
Lite-ON 40x CD-RW
Some of the specific errors I got were: System automatically reboots either when the Windows Logo is displayed or desktop is displayed. Then it asks to go into Safe Mode or Last Config. System comes all the way up, then cursor stays as an hourglass and I cannot click on any icons or taskbar, keyboard does not work either.
Thanks in advance!
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