I just got two Kingston Value 128 PC800 RDRAM chips I ordered in the mail today and I put them in with my existing chips (2 128mb PC800 syncmax) and started running neverwinter nights (new game) which is basically the reason I upgraded and about 2 minutes into the game my computer reboots itself after some very smooth gameplay. Beforehand it had proved extremely stable (though choppy, hence the upgrade) and my computer has not acted this way since I upgraded to WinXP. I did general use, browsing, word processing, and had no problems for about an hour with both sets in. I bust out 3dsmax and rendered something and the reboot was almost instant. I removed the new memory and the game worked glitch-free for an hour, replaced the new memory with the old memory and it worked fine for an hour. Put the old memory in the different 2 slots from the new memory and same thing. I proceeded to update my mobo's bios with no change. I'm wondering if the sets of RAM are incompatible or it has something to do with XP (as read in previous posts) and if so does anyone have a fix yet that doesn't involve clean install? (-loaths clean install-) The Kingston RAM is slightly larger than the SyncMax, I don't know if this effects anything.
My box:
P4 1.4ghz
Abit TH-7 RAID mobo
ATI Radeon VE video
Aureal SQ2500 sound
Realtek ethernet card
WinXP Pro
edited: because I read it over and couldn't understand what I was saying lol... hope its more clear now.
My box:
P4 1.4ghz
Abit TH-7 RAID mobo
ATI Radeon VE video
Aureal SQ2500 sound
Realtek ethernet card
WinXP Pro
edited: because I read it over and couldn't understand what I was saying lol... hope its more clear now.