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Destrugter 1
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Posted: 10th Nov 2011 15:48 Edited at: 10th Nov 2011 15:54
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Realized I typed "need help" in title twice, sorry about that!


Ok everyone, I upgraded my PC this week. I got a new motherboard, processor, and more RAM. I have 4 sticks of RAM, (2 x 4GB + 2 x 2GB). The 2 x 4GB work perfectly...no problems. The 2 x 2GB...I can only have 1 in at a time with the other 2 sticks. If I put both in (all 4 are in) then windows crashes...

Does anyone know what's causing this? I have tried with just 3 sticks with both on their own, and it works perfect...Here are a couple of error codes as reported by BlueScreenView.

PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA
SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED
MEMORY_MANAGEMENT
SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION
NTFS_FILE_SYSTEM
SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION
PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA

Every single one, the highlighted process is ntoskrnl.exe

Wish I could find on the web, but why would having 1 more stick of RAM in, cause 7 different errors?

My name is Brian.
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X Games
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Posted: 10th Nov 2011 16:02
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board model and ram spec will help

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Destrugter 1
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Posted: 10th Nov 2011 16:12
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Motherboard:
Manufacturer: ASUSTeK
Model: M4A785TD-V EVO
Chipset: AMD 785G
-BIOS Info
Brand: American Megatrends Inc.
Version: 2103

RAM
-4GB sticks
Sector 5
DDR3 1333MHz

-2GB sticks
Sector 5
DDR3 1333MHz

Idk what else you would need, but I can provide other info if you need it.

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xplosys
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Posted: 10th Nov 2011 18:19
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Are you matching the memory per channel?
Both 4GB in channel A
Both 2GB in Channel B

The channels are staggered, not in sequence.

Brian.

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X Games
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Posted: 10th Nov 2011 18:50
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yeah what xplosys said, you using 64bit os?

Also look at the memory support list under ddr3 1333mhz, I don't see any qualified vendors for board that do a single 4gb stick.

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Destrugter 1
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Posted: 11th Nov 2011 07:02 Edited at: 11th Nov 2011 07:05
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I'm using W7 64-bit

The 4GB sticks arent causing the problem though...its the 2nd wgb stick that does it

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Posted: 11th Nov 2011 18:45
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xpolsys made a good point, are the two sets in matching channels (I believe they would be ordered 4, 2, 4, 2)


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Destrugter 1
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I have them ordered 2,4,2,4

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Posted: 15th Nov 2011 15:44 Edited at: 15th Nov 2011 15:47
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Do just those 2 2gb sticks work without the 4gb sticks?

Does the timing match for all sticks (not the bus speed but the timing), if not, choose the slower timing manually in your bios. (With ram timing, choose the higher number). Do the voltages match for all sticks? If not, um, you might be SOL, or try the higher voltage but risk damaging your sticks.


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