On Thu, 29 Jan 2009 09:28:20 -0000, "Z" <> wrote:
>Hi group.
>
>I'm running Vista ultimate and wanted to upgrade the main board memory from
>2 gig 667 MHz (4x512) to 4 gig 800 MHz (2x2gig). My motherboard is an Msi k9
>Neo V3 and it will support up to 8 gig of 800 MHz ram and I have an AMD 64
>Athlon X2 4000+ processor. The system is duel boot with vista on one drive
>and Xp on the other.
>
>The problem is when I fit the new memory; vista will freeze on start up when
>the little bars are scrolling. I can restart and enter safe mode with no
>problem. If I try to do a repair from the DVD, vista will freeze after
>loading files and will have to be restarted.
>
>Xp works fine and the memory is found correctly in the bios at start up. I
>have done a bios update from the Msi site. I have tried the memory in
>different slots as well. Both versions of windows recognize the memory etc.
>
>Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
You might want to find an MSI specific newsgroup or forum. They would
have more mobo specific help. FYI - it's not unusual for a new OS to
reveal memory issues that don't show up in the older OS. Also, the
memory test in the BIOS is not very robust - get a program that really
exercises the memory and run that for a while. You might also try
changing the actual slots you are using for the chips or just running
with the old vs. the new in the proper dual channel slots. I've seen
issues with memory that just does not want to run with other memory
(timing differences in chips).
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