Installing vista with 1 stick of ram?

geordie56 · 13 Feb 2009 at 18:48

Hi i have just bought vista and am installing it soon as i get a query out the way. I have 8gb of ram, do i remove three sticks and install it with one stick then install all the updates from ms. Then do i install my other 3 sticks? is this correct and does it matter which slot the stick is in ? Thanks.

Abit IN932X-MAX Mboard, Intel 6850 Quad Core Extreme
OCZ PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Vista Gold Series Ram 8Gb
2 300gb sata Hard Drives, 2 NEC DVD re-writer drives
1 1TG samsung spinpoint HD
Coolermaster 1000W PSU, x2 BFG 8800GTX Overclocked and Watercooled
Thermochill 3 Fan Rad + Laing Pump with XSPC clear top + XSPC Drive Bay and 1/2" Tygon Hose running 2 GPUs
Thermochill 1 Fan Rad + Aquaero Pump + Aquatube Res + 10mm Hose running CPU
All controlled via Aquaero monitoring system running XP 32 bit

Brian Stuart · 13 Feb 2009 at 19:27

Sometimes you get errors installing with more than one stick of RAM but you can try it and see.
Your copy of Vista should be SP1 so I believe that solved the problem.
Also it is best to hook up just the drive you are installing the OS on at first and once your system is up and running install the rest of the HDD's

geordie56 · 13 Feb 2009 at 19:30

Thanks brian i am using Xp and want to keep this as a dual boot setup so should i just disconnect this until i have installed Vista on new drive then? cheers.

LoadsaMoney · 14 Feb 2009 at 00:28

You can do if you want, its what i did when i installed the Win 7 beta.

I just disconnected my XP drive in case it messed up (as Vista/Win 7 creates a boot file on it so you can select which one to load, but if it messes up you have to do a repair), and installed the Win 7 beta onto my second drive, then i just reconnected my XP drive once i got WIn 7 installed, and so all i have to do to boot into either XP or Win 7, is to use my motherboards boot menu instead, so when i start my PC up, i just press F12 to get the boot menu, then i just select either my XP or Wn 7 drive to boot.

RobH · 14 Feb 2009 at 02:54

With SP1 it should be fine, I had no issued with 4GB.