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"2gb RAM Questions"

I currently have 1gb of RAM in my system, which is enough. However, I had a bit of spare dosh and splashed out on another stick of 1gb RAM which I saw running cheaper then usual.

I was just wondering if I will encounter any problems running my system with this amount of RAM?

I recently done a system check using Sandra lite and apparently I don't have enough room for more RAM. However, ASUS website states the motherboard has enough for 4gb. I've took a look inside, there are two more slots which are different colours. I'm using a ASUS A8V-Deluxe motherboard, if that is any help.

Is it just as simple as Plug in and go? Or erm, is it healthy?

As I said, the difference is barely noticeable in bench tests. I was running FSB 206 with 1GB. As for the 250mhz, well yeah I kinda figured that running that high would make a difference. But then I also kinda figured that with the rest of my hardware the frame rate is faultless every time. I hit around 125FPS in Half-Life 2 and CS: Source with full settings.

Yes it is also at 2,2,2,5; as it has since I went for the XLPRO.

Plus as I have said already, the frame rate means jack all if it jerks every few seconds, with 2GB it simply doesn't.

So I recieved my RAM but have a problem.

I put it in but the PC does not start, the monitor just shows 'No signal'.

The no signal thing happened to my friends PC before, but he altered a BIOS option, I took the battery for the motherboard out anyway to see if it would fix it or not. But it doesn't.

Took the RAM out and it now works fine. Loaded default BIOS options, but not sure if I've missed anything important out with that. Well, urh, I changed the clock to the right time...

Anyway, I was looking at the RAM in my PC (I currently have 1gb) and I have four ports for it. I am using a ASUS A8V motherboard which supports up to 4gb of ram. The RAM in already seems to be 2 x 512mb, yet what I have is one stick.

Someone please help in letting me get this RAM in and up and running, away from nothing loading at all on the PC. Thanks in advance.

Tried pushing it in better a few times and in different slots. Also tried it with my old RAM and the new combined. And just the two old ones in different slots, didn't work like that.

I have to have my original RAM in the blue slots or it won't work. Just having the new RAM in doesn't work either.

Maybe I need to do something to allow more RAM?

Or is this just bad RAM? The make is Vdata RAM.

Annoying, someone help on this if you read.

If the new RAM on its own won't work, then you have bad RAM, or incompatible RAM.

Does it not make a difference that this is one stick of 1gb RAM while the others were 2x 512mb?

And if it were bad RAM would it not beep?

I get no beeps...

Monkey_With_Attitude wrote:
> Does it not make a difference that this is one stick of 1gb RAM while
> the others were 2x 512mb?

Thats not ideal, but it shouldn't matter, what speed are the various sticks? Are they all the same speed?

Monkey_With_Attitude wrote:
> And if it were bad RAM would it not beep?
>
> I get no beeps...

Oh don't know much about your MoBo... but on my MoBo when I mess around with the settings on perfectly good RAM it doesn't beep it just refuses to boot silently... I get the "no signal message".

So are you saying I can change the settings on this MoBo and the new RAM may work ok?

I get the 'no signal' messege too...

Will it let you into the BIOS, with the new stick (only) installed?

If so I would suggest lowering the FSB... if that doesn't work then I would have to say you have faulty RAM.

Is it PC2700 or PC2100??

Also if your motherboard has it, disable dual channel mode.