Simviation Forum - RAM Problem

Oct 16^th, 2005 at 9:07pm

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My laptop dosnt want to accept RAM in dual channel, when it did fine before. Now it will accept it in single channel, but when I put in a second stick, it dosnt boot. I need help and fast

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Reply #1 - Oct 17^th, 2005 at 2:58am

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Swap sticks and see if one is actually bad?

If not, maybe a slot is bad?

Try fitting it a few times with attempts to boot each time, might be a dodgy slot.

BIOS reset needed ? (doubtful).

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Reply #2 - Oct 17^th, 2005 at 6:42am

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Ya i think i may have a faulty slot, as i have tried three different sitcks in there, and none work. I also upgraded my bios, so that might be a problem too.

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Reply #3 - Oct 17^th, 2005 at 8:15pm

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Well a failure after a bios upgrade would indicate a stinky bios right?

Did you upgrade the BIOS because you were having problems, or just on a whim or bad advice?

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Reply #4 - Oct 17^th, 2005 at 8:23pm

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For dual channel to work, the bios must support it.

Also, ideally, the memory sticks should be identical in terms of speed (ex. ddr400), memory amount (ex. 1 gig) and type (SDRAM).

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