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    alienware m17xr2 - 16gb ram issues

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by west-wot, Apr 5, 2012.

  1. west-wot

    west-wot Notebook Enthusiast

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    hi all i have a alienware m17x r2, which i ave just put in 2 new 8gb sticks, of the corsair value ram that i have read most of you have been using well, but i am having issues that when it gets to the windows loading screen of the windows logo it restarts, and it BSOD if i try to reinstall windows, any ideas, this is the 2nd set of ram that this happens to me on as the first et i sent back due to thinking they was faulty and got this set of a different supplier
     
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    SlickDude80 Notebook Prophet

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    hi west, what happens if you put your old ram in, is everything ok?

    You can check the integrity of the new sticks by running memtest86. If the sticks are bad, you will know right away.

    Also, does the R2 support 8 gig sticks?
     
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    west-wot Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yep the old ram is fine, i will try to run memtest86 in a bit, this is the second set doing the same issue, both sets are brand new :(

    yes other people are using 2 x 8gb sticks on the 17x r2
     
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    DR650SE The Whiskey Barracuda

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    West, Try one stick in a slot and see if that works. Then try that stick in the second slot. See if it boots. Then try the second RAM stick in both slots as well.

    That may help rull out a bad ram slot or ram stick. Also go into the bios, and see if your RAM voltage is at default 1.5v If it is try upping it to 1.6v. If it's not at default, try turning it to default.
     
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    west-wot Notebook Enthusiast

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    My specs are m 620 CPU, ssd and a 500gb hdd and an ati gfx card, have tried the ram in all diff slots etc no luck, am using the a10 mod bios, just reflashed it to see if that caused it but no luck the ram is cmso16x3m2a1333c9 ram just like in your thread will try increasing voltage now

    With 2 sticks in and voltage at 1.6 it just gives me a series of beeps at boot now
     
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    Hii. I Have the same problems.. Can it be that we have to flash the video bios on the Graphics card??

    When it is running with onboard vidoe card (Bad resolution) it works just fin..

    System shutdown when doing a memtest after a few seconds /
     
    sdfdsasa, Mar 7, 2013
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    eyesman Newbie

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    hi west-wot, where did u get the 2 new 8gb sticks for your m17x r2? im planning on doing it too. ty.
     
    eyesman, Jun 8, 2013
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    Alienware-L_Porras Company Representative

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    The max validated RAM for that machine is 8Gb anything above that would likely cause issues.
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Jun 12, 2013
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