Hi Mike,
In addition to Mike Hall's post, you might be better off upgrading to 8GB
rather than 6GB thereby ensuring that ALL memory modules are identical in
size as well as speed.
Dwarf
"Mike Hall - MVP" wrote:
Quote:
> "Mike" <weapon_x22@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:eFcb5UddIHA.5200@xxxxxx Quote:
> > I'm not sure if this is the right news group for this, but get this. I
> > just installed 4GB of RAM, bumping the system memory up to 6GB and I'm
> > getting all sorts of video display problems all of a sudden.
> >
> > I'm running:
> > OS Name Microsoft® Windows VistaT Ultimate
> > Version 6.0.6000 Build 6000
> > Other OS Description Not Available
> > OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
> > System Name MIKE-PC
> > System Manufacturer System manufacturer
> > System Model System Product Name
> > System Type x64-based PC
> > Processor Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 3.00GHz, 3000 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 2
> > Logical Processor(s)
> > BIOS Version/Date Phoenix Technologies, LTD ASUS P5N32-SLI PREMIUM ACPI
> > BIOS Revision 0901, 06/11/07
> > SMBIOS Version 2.4
> > Windows Directory C:\Windows
> > System Directory C:\Windows\system32
> > Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
> > Locale Canada
> > Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.0.6000.16386"
> > User Name Mike-PC\Mike
> > Time Zone Eastern Standard Time
> > Total Physical Memory 6,141.75 MB
> > Available Physical Memory 3.96 GB
> > Total Virtual Memory 12.08 GB
> > Available Virtual Memory 9.92 GB
> > Page File Space 6.29 GB
> > Page File C:\pagefile.sys
> >
> > and a nVidia GF6800GT with MS' lastest drivers...
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Mike
> >
> >
>
>
> Look in the motherboard manual for info regarding type of memory and
> configuration in the slots.
>
> According to the manual, the CAS latency should be the same for all sticks.
> Also, the two banks should hold equal memory amounts, so should be 2 + 1 ..
> 2 + 1.
>
> You may also benefit from a BIOS upgrade assuming that there is a later BIOS
> update available..
>
> --
> Mike Hall - MVP
> How to construct a good post..
> http://dts-l.com/goodpost.htm
> How to use the Microsoft Product Support Newsgroups..
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...help&style=toc
> Mike's Window - My Blog..
> http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx
>
>
>
>
>