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    4GB of memory giving PFN_LIST_CORRUPT!

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by MkFly, Dec 30, 2008.

  1. MkFly

    MkFly Notebook Consultant

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    Just got an Acer Aspire 4720-4538.

    Took out the 2GB of memory and popped in 4GB of G.SKILL. Now I only get BSOD's with PFN_LIST_CORRUPT.

    They work with just one at a time (2GB), but never with 4GB.

    This is supposedly a Santa Rosa based laptop, so why isn't 4GB working? :(
     
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    What OS do you have?
     
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  4. MkFly

    MkFly Notebook Consultant

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    No OS right now. Just put in a WD4000BEVT, empty right now. The Vista installer was BSOD'ing. But with the old hard drive (with OS preinstalled) it gives the same BSOD.

    Even Memtest86+ 2.11 crashes when it starts up. Memtest86+ runs fine with 1 stick at a time though.

    Doing the same thing with 2GB of G.SKILL + 1GB of the mem that came with the computer.
     
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    Bad channels when both RAM are combined? Have you tried updating your BIOS anyway?

    Your probably gonna have to return it.

    Does this happen for both 2gb gskill sticks?
     
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  7. MkFly

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    Turns out this laptop has a GL960. :mad: (Intel says 2GB max)

    It was labeled as a "GL965 Series" ... I should have looked deeper before I bought it. Oh well though, 3GB is working well enough (bought another 1GB to go with one of the 2GB's). I still have the extra 2GB DIMM just laying around now though. :(
     
    MkFly, Feb 18, 2009
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