Ram installation ?

Dicehunter · 30 Sep 2008 at 21:00

Will i have to reinstal vista 64 when changing ram from 2-4gb (2x2gb) ? only asking as my family member is getting 4 gigs of ram next week and wants me to install it, would i have to reinstall his version of vista 64 or can i just reset the cmos ?

Xtrema · 30 Sep 2008 at 21:14

You shouldn't have to do anything. Just install the ram and switch on.
You should check in the bios to make sure it's running at the correct speed.

greywolf · 30 Sep 2008 at 22:59

Normally a reinstall is only required on a motherboard change (although sometimes ive managed to get away without doing a full reinstall), and obviously if you replace the hard drive with the OS on it. If you change the memory, cpu, graphics, sound etc a reinstall is not required.

UniqueID · 30 Sep 2008 at 23:11

jus' shove it in ther my son.
making sure to carefully read the motherboards instructions

konam4 · 30 Sep 2008 at 23:17

UniqueID said:
jus' shove it in ther my son.
making sure to carefully read the motherboards instructions

Wow that sounds weird!

Dicehunter · 1 Oct 2008 at 00:07

LOL im laughing head off at that, awesome

and thanks for the help peeps

Amnesia · 1 Oct 2008 at 04:46

just remember to turn the power off before installing....at the mains that is

psd99 · 1 Oct 2008 at 07:23

lol at shove it in there

now on a more serious note I have been having problems with my RAM (vista crash thread in general hardware section)

Now if you get problems in vista which are similar to mine don't forget to change the RAM timings/voltage in your BIOS.

Enjoy the RAM SHOW

TheRedZealot · 1 Oct 2008 at 07:51

Before you install the extra install the hotfix for 4Gb (KB929777)