• Need help changing my new RAM chip's speed
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As the title says I recently brought some new RAM (4gb DDR3 stick) And my PC blue screens every time I install it and take out my old RAM, when I install it with my old RAM (3gb DDR3 2 sticks) still in the machine it freezes at the computer manufacturer's logo at startup. I've followed guides on the internet saying that I should change the RAM speed in the BIOS, I've tried that and I found out my BIOS is one of the DOS prompt style ones, with barely any options and I have been unable to find a way to change the speed of my RAM. I can't find any button that allows me to change the speed, I've scowered the sub-menus and still nothing. Any advice? [img]http://i.imgur.com/M15zbgO.png[/img] [img]http://i.imgur.com/sn4GERs.png[/img] [img]http://i.imgur.com/H331tBY.png[/img]
Dont you mean a BIOS like this? [IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/Award_BIOS_setup_utility.png[/IMG] Thats not DOS prompt. Please post your full specs as well. And do you hear any beep codes from the motherboard?
[QUOTE=taipan;47540069]Dont you mean a BIOS like this? Thats not DOS prompt. And do you hear any beep codes from the motherboard?[/QUOTE] DOS [B]Style[/B] Yeah, that is almost identical to mine, except there are fewer settings And yes, when I start the computer I hear one beep.
Full specs? Expecially mobo type and brand. [editline]16th April 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=CryoDragon;47540213]DOS [B]Style[/B] Yeah, that is almost identical to mine, except there are fewer settings And yes, when I start the computer I hear one beep.[/QUOTE] If you remove all your RAM do you hear 2 beeps?
Try cleaning the gold fingers on the new RAM with a pencil eraser. Sometimes new RAM can't make a good connection because of stuff left over from manufacturing is still on there.
Try cleaning the RAM contacts on the motherboard with alcohol on a folded piece of paper. Afterwards, I would try running Memtest86+ with the new ram in. [url]http://www.memtest.org[/url] Basically anything red = bad. If you don't get issues with new ram in the old slots, try filling all slots and running the test again. It is also possible that a slot on the motherboard is defective.
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