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I have win 2k sp4 on my computer I had 64megs of ram on it, last night I bought and installed a 128 meg stick of ram. bios reconized it just fine, but then win2k coutinually gets stuck loading. any ideas on why this is happening and how I may fix it with out reinstalling would be very helpful. thanx
Have you considered that you might have two ram chips of different speeds? This can confuse Win2k. I would try the 128mb stick alone (take out the 64 mb stick). (To see if Win2k loads) If it does, you might have Ram that is 2 different speeds.Quote:
Originally posted here by Zelfaldor
I have win 2k sp4 on my computer I had 64megs of ram on it, last night I bought and installed a 128 meg stick of ram. bios reconized it just fine, but then win2k coutinually gets stuck loading. any ideas on why this is happening and how I may fix it with out reinstalling would be very helpful. thanx
Did you fit the 128 stick in on its own ?
Or is it in with the 64 stick ?
Sometimes RAM needs an EQUAL pair in to work, or at least it needs to be there on its own
Try the 128 stick on its own first .......
[edit] curse these slow typing fingers[/edit]
they are right, usually the speed,brand and CL-time might give problems like you discribe if the modules aren't compatible like that.
Thanx I will try this tonight as I'm at collage right now. I will let you know if it works.