Need urgent help.

Sycho · 13 Jan 2009 at 12:05

Just got some new ram for my old pc, 2gb crucial ram but when i install my pc works yet doesn't produce a screen and does a beep for a few seconds then again.

I've put both in the green slots of my msi neo 2 platinum board since the manual says, any ideas what to do?

My previous memory was installed in a green socket and a purple by a friend for some odd reason.(2 sockets used and 2 empty.)

ChrisLX200 · 13 Jan 2009 at 12:15

RAM uses a fair amount of power, if your PSU was already stretched then adding extra RAM might be asking more than it can give.

Gunda · 13 Jan 2009 at 12:18

Which 2gb crucial ram did you buy?
Will your pc boot with just your old ram in it still?
Are you trying to boot with 4 sticks from different brands or just your new stuff ?

If you are trying to boot with 4 sticks in you might need to up the voltage on the northbridge or ram, or both.

Sycho · 13 Jan 2009 at 12:22

Thanks for the replies, i bought the 2gb crucial ram from here, normal ddr and i have a 430w(might be 480) tagan psu with my 7600gt, athlon 3500, 160gb hd, the board stated and this.

Should work still? or psu not enough?

I haven't tried my old sticks again yet or with the new combined.

ChrisD. · 13 Jan 2009 at 12:23

That should power it fine. Tagan PSU's are solid.

Gunda · 13 Jan 2009 at 12:26

What you might need to do is boot with 1 stick in, set the voltage and timings in the bios to the correct values then turn off and stick the 2nd stick in.

Sycho · 13 Jan 2009 at 12:28

Gunda said:
What you might need to do is boot with 1 stick in, set the voltage and timings in the bios to the correct values then turn off and stick the 2nd stick in.

Sorry for a stupid question but any ideas what they would be? should i leave voltage to default?

It's this memory too by the way: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp... DDR Memory Dual Channel Kit (CT2KIT12864Z40B)

Edit: Tried 1 stick in green slot and still does it.I am baffled.

Edit 2: In bios now after inserting old ram in green slots, maybe just reset everything there?

Gunda · 13 Jan 2009 at 12:53

2 sticks of 1Gb ram should be installed in slots 1 and 2, ie first green slot and the first purple slot.

as per the chart near the bottom of this page:

http://www.msicomputer.com/product/p_spec.asp?model=k8n_neo2_platinum

Sycho · 13 Jan 2009 at 12:59

I've reseted to fail-safe settings via bios when using my old sticks so i put new ones back in after in green slots butworking now though it's asked me to reactivate windows again due to a hardware change and not detecting soundcard aswell as ethernet sigh.(i'll just reinstall motherboard drivers.)

It is ok to keep them in both green? thanks again for the replies.

Gunda · 13 Jan 2009 at 14:08

running with both in green = you are running your ram in single channel mode (ie slower) best bet is to place 1 in the first green slot1 and 1 in the first purple slot2.

Sycho · 13 Jan 2009 at 14:24

Gunda said:
running with both in green = you are running your ram in single channel mode (ie slower) best bet is to place 1 in the first green slot1 and 1 in the first purple slot2.

Yeah just changed it now, was running 157mhz according to cpu-z so changed to how you said and now it's 201mhz.

Thanks for the advice guys, you included Gunda, was getting a bit annoyed considering i had these issues when i just found my mother's got Diabetes plus has had cancer in the past, sigh.

Ah well i am happier now, thanks again.

Sycho · 16 Jan 2009 at 14:37

Sorry to bump my thread again but i have a slight problem, installed the memory in the slots Gunda has stated but i can sometimes get a "Machine_Check_Exception" bsod even though i've installed them correctly.

Could this be the 2 slots being faulty? should i try putting them in slots 3 and 4?

Also it never seems to occur when idling in windows or surfing the internet, happens mainly in a game.