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10-14-2008, 07:38 PM
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Am I Crazy!?
Ok, so here's the situation. My computer doesn't work at some outlets in my house, and then after a while it'll start stalling at the POST screen untill I switch outlets. I have moved this computer around to just about every outlet and this happens at every single one. Now all of these outlets still work with other ewuipment so it is not blowing fuses. Also I have 2 2GB sticks of DDR2 RAM and when I try each one by itself they work fine, but as soon as I try to use them together either the computer won't boot or the POST screen shows 4096MB of RAM but Windows and my system information only shows 3GB of RAM?????
I have a 700W power supply so I don't believe that's an issue but please give me your input. Installed Components: MSI K9N2 SLI Platinum Motherboard AMD X4 9850 Quad Core Processor (2.5GHz 2000MHz FSB) 2x OCz 2GB PC6400 DDR2 RAM 1x XFX GeForce 9800GT 512 MB DDR3 SLi Video Card 1x SATA 500GB HDD 1x HP DVD RW Drive Ultra Chilltec CPU fan So in essence my question is could my outlets just not be providing enough power?? I didn't even think this was possible. Last edited by mckinfe0; 10-14-2008 at 07:39 PM. Reason: Add info |
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10-14-2008, 07:49 PM
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Shiro Usagi
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What brand is the power supply?
The amount of watts a power supply puts out isn't as important as the quality of the power it puts out. High quality power supplies will easily put out the amount of power that's printed on the label and that power will be "clean" (no ripples, sags). A cheap low quality power supply often doesn't put out as much power as stated on the label and the power is often "dirty" (unsteady, fluctuating) and this can lead to all sorts of problems. I hope you have a high quality power supply for that rig.  Cricket
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10-14-2008, 09:33 PM
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Thanks for the reply! It's and OCz Power supply and as far as I know OCz makes a good product. But again.... what I know isn't alwyas true.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...?Sku=O261-2005 |
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10-15-2008, 10:45 AM
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what OS are you using?
if you are only using a 32-bit OS then that could easily explain why you are only detecting 3GB of your ram
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10-15-2008, 01:27 PM
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Will the PC boot from all outlets with 1 stick of RAM?
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10-15-2008, 03:58 PM
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Chop Chop
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I seems like the memory is bad. Try running memtest.
Like wjh31 said, if you are not using XP or Vista 64-bit you will only be able to use 3GB of RAM. |
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10-15-2008, 05:21 PM
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the computer does not boot from all outlets with one stick of RAM. It does the same thing.
Now because I'm using 32bit Vista does that mean it jsut won't show me more than 3GB or will the computer actually not use the extra RAM???? |
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10-15-2008, 08:52 PM
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Chop Chop
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A 32-bit OS can only use 3GB. So you will notice no difference between installing 3GB or 4GB.
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10-15-2008, 09:13 PM
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guess im installing Vista 64 bit then
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10-15-2008, 09:20 PM
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Chop Chop
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I would check to make sure you memory is good first. Run memtest86+ before you spend the time installing a new OS.
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