Recent content by vector72

So just as a preface, I've been away for a year or so and the PC has not been turned on once during that time, But before doing anything with it since i got back i gave it a clean. So, The pc turns on, fans run,HDD light is solid for 5 seconds or so then stops, and throughout this process there...

Okay well, i've now tried updating the BIOS and re-installing windows and still nothing. at this point i'm either just going to just use my old RAM and live with it till i get a new PC, or take it down to a local PC shop and see what they make of it, cause i have no idea why it's not working.

I agree that it looks fishy. I use approximately 161 MB from my 4GB of RAM on my laptop as Hardware Reserved space when I take a look into Resource Monitor. Is everything looking OK in Device Manager on your Windows system? There is no problem with yellow exclamation marks or...

I have also now tried running a windows memory diagnostic, which also found no errors...

Okay i have run MemTest and got no errors: so hopefully that helps ?

Okay I've read through that other forum and it says what seems to be the common answer with this which seems to be going into BIOS and enabling 'Memory Remap' however when I did this it caused my PC to freeze when booting on the screen seen in the second of my pictures in my original post. so i...

Sorry for not specifying in the original description ^^; yes i have 2 x 4GB sticks, and its exactly the same in the other slot, so that's working fine at least. Thank you for the link I'll have a look then get back to you.

okay first of all before people ask this is my RIG: Foxconn H55MXV Intel i3 530 @ 2.83GHz Radeon HD 5770 was 2x2Gb of RAM now trying to move to 2x4Gb First off just want to say I’ve never swapped out RAM before so this is all kind of new to me. I installed the new RAM, booted up the PC...