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    BSOD after installing new Ram

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by PersuadingPercy, May 7, 2008.

  1. PersuadingPercy

    PersuadingPercy Newbie

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    Hey All,
    So I have Dell 9100 Dimension and have just purchased 1 gb of ram to complement the additional 512 that I had before. After installing the ram the computer worked fine one time, but from that point on I have gotten the BSOD right after start up.

    I am running XP and the BSOD says that I should disable shadowing on my BIOS (Which i haven't done). Also I have updated my BIOS driver and graphics card driver.

    Does anyone have any suggestions has to how to fix my problem? Thanks a Bunch,
    Percy
     
    PersuadingPercy, May 7, 2008
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  2. flipfire

    flipfire Moderately Boss

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    Test the RAM for any defects with memtest86+

    Also update your BIOS
     
    flipfire, May 7, 2008
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  3. bigozone

    bigozone JellyRoll touring now

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    and/or take the ram out and see if problem goes away
     
    bigozone, May 7, 2008
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  4. Kdawgca

    Kdawgca rotaredoM repudrepuS RBN

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    Kdawgca, May 7, 2008
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  5. eleron911

    eleron911 HighSpeedFreak

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    IF you have BSOD, it might be possible for the RAM to be faulty.
    Try them as sugested with Memtest86 for about a day and see if they pass the test.
    It might also be the case of incompatibility with the mainboard.
     
    eleron911, May 7, 2008
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  6. timtravel42

    timtravel42 Notebook Virtuoso

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    What does the bsod say?
    It's probably bad ram
     
    timtravel42, May 7, 2008
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