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    Need some ram assistance please!

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by red jacket, Aug 26, 2012.

  1. red jacket

    red jacket Newbie

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    I have an m17X R2 (which i love)with i5-520m with 4gb of ram and 5870m crossfire. I bought a corsair 16gb 1600mhz(2 X 8) and it would not boot therefore as a result I recently purchased another set of corsair 16gb but it was 1333(2 X 8) hoping for welcoming results but it too did not boot. The fact is that both pairs of memory reached the windows welcome screen and then shuts off. I checked numerous forums and googled for for help. Also I view important to note I am an Autodesk Revit user which requires a lot of RAM.

    These are the solutions I received and tried without success thus far:
    1.i put one old memory stick with a new one
    2.i booted with none and then installed the new pair
    3.Can't fresh install because it would not reach the stage to boot

    Can it be the i5-520?
     
    red jacket, Aug 26, 2012
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    SkylineLvr Notebook Deity

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    Does it boot up fine with your original RAM? Have you run MemTest to see if the new RAM may be faulty?
     
    SkylineLvr, Aug 26, 2012
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    red jacket Newbie

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    thanks for the reply. yes it did boot with the old ram ,i didn't do the Mem Test (whats the procedure with that) btw can it be a compatibility issue with the i5?
     
    red jacket, Aug 26, 2012
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    Theredninja Notebook Consultant

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    I doubt it's with the i5 as even the 920xm can only take 8gb but because of windows we are able to have 16gb
     
    Theredninja, Aug 26, 2012
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    red jacket Newbie

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    okay , i saw other members with the same issue but unsolved i tried it all.Please assist me guys
     
    red jacket, Aug 26, 2012
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    brlowe Notebook Geek

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    I purchased patriot 16gb this week. Plugged it in yesterday and windows failed to booth the first time but was fine after that.
     
    brlowe, Aug 27, 2012
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    Alienware-L_Porras Company Representative

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    sorry for the delayed response when i attempted to do a fresh install or alienrespawn.but when its reaches the "starting windows " it blue screens and shuts off.Does the bios have anything to do with it i have the A10 not the mod?
     
    red jacket, Aug 31, 2012
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    brlowe Notebook Geek

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    I have regular A10 bios and it works fine. I would try some different memory.
     
    brlowe, Aug 31, 2012
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    I did some digging and saw another user (west wot) same memory same problems but noticed he stated that it bsod with his i7-620m.which i can only conclude that 16gb of ram won't work with dual core processors imho.I even noticed that most of the 16gb users has quad core processors.what do you guys think?
     
    red jacket, Aug 31, 2012
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    It has nothing to do with the chipset.It is the embedded memory controller.
    Sorry guys but the truth is,that i5-520m only supports 8GB memory - 800/1066MHz. This is a fact.

    For more information,please visit the processors specs. sheet!
     
    inferno88, Sep 3, 2012
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    radji Farewell, Solenya...

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    i just realised that aren't none I7 quad core processors limited by the fact they can't use 1333 mhz ram?

    i know using such ram will probably just downclock but the OP hasn't actually tried 1066/800 ram as of yet
     
    Theredninja, Sep 3, 2012
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