Hello Jane.
Yes. Also tried different types of bios options such as switching off dual
core or HDD noise levels (?).
I actually just tried something crazy: I kept 3GB in the machine and that
worked, too. Put the fourth dimm back: bsod.
Peter.
"Jane C" <janecolman@invalid.iinet.net.au> wrote in message
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> Hello Peter,
>
> Do you have the latest BIOS update?
>
> --
> Jane, not plain 
64 bit enabled :-)
> Batteries not included. Braincell on vacation ;-)
>
> "Peter Haumer" <Peter_Haumer@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
> news:uhJS0Yk2HHA.1208@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Hi.
>> I have a Dell XPS 710 that ran WinXP (32bit) so far with 4GB installed
>> with no problems four 5 months. Have GForce 8, XFi SB, one SATA and one
>> PATA drive.
>>
>> Got myself a second SATA hard disk drive to install Vista x64 that I want
>> to use via dual boot. When booting from DVD I immediately got a "STOP:
>> 0x0000007E" (plus four parameters, no additional lines below) blue
>> screen. I removed 2GB and the install worked fine. Installed all Windows
>> Updates and latest 64bit drivers that I could find for my configuration.
>> Rebooted several times without any problems during that process. Then I
>> placed the other 2GB memory back into my machine and the same blue screen
>> came back when now booting my Vista 64 drive. The XP drive still works
>> fine. Got myself a whole new set of 4 1GB dimms: same blue screen; each
>> and every time I try to boot. When I remove 2GB it works fine. I also
>> tested two 2GB in the different dimm slots (i.e. 1 and 3 populated and 2
>> and 4 populated): worked great. Just not with 4GB. Dell said they do not
>> support Vista 64 (after being 3 x 90 min with them on the phone about
>> this already :-).
>>
>> Any help or hints on how to get Vista 64 to work with 4GB in my system
>> would be very much appreciated. Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Peter Haumer.
>>
>> P.S.: I am an MSDN subscriber and just registered this alias for MSDN
>> benefits Managed News Groups support. I hope it worked.
>>
>>
>>
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