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05-29-2008
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| Newbie Rep Power: 3  |  Vista x64 will not boot with 4 gigs ram I think this is a bios update thing - although I can not get an update from msi as their update thing doesn't support 64 bit os. Here's the poop. Windows will boot with 1, 2, and 3 one gig modules in all different combos but when I stick in the 4th it doesn't even get to post. However, when I take out the cmos battery, then replace it along with the 4 gigs installed - it boots, but with a beep and a post that says bad checksum and something about setting the clock. If I select go ahead with the default settings it boots right into windows and things are sweet. But from there if I reboot I'm back to square 1. If I select at the post thing (f1) to go in to change the clock - then f10 out, I'm again back to square one. Does this sound familiar to anyone?  Last edited by dmex; 05-30-2008 at 05:00 PM. Reason: changed font |
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05-29-2008
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| Guru  Rep Power: 49  | Re: Vista x64 will not boot with 4 gigs ram Reset the BIOS to default. Enable the memory hole. Are all the sticks identical? Are they fully supported? |
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05-29-2008
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| Newbie Rep Power: 3 | Re: Vista x64 will not boot with 4 gigs ram Hey. Thanks for the response. Yes to the first two of your questions. The memory I have is manufactured by Transcend. I haven't been able to cross reference my motherboard with this memory or vise-versa. |
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05-30-2008
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 ɠɛɐǨ   Rep Power: 110 |  Re: Vista x64 will not boot with 4 gigs ram Hi Christian, Check the forums, We have many workarounds on this site for the 4GiG Vista boot issue  Steven |
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| Newbie Rep Power: 3 | Re: Vista x64 will not boot with 4 gigs ram
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05-30-2008
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 Member Rep Power: 7 | Re: Vista x64 will not boot with 4 gigs ram   check your memory. maybe one of memory fail. jst maybe?? |
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05-30-2008
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| ɠɛɐǨ Rep Power: 110 | Re: Vista x64 will not boot with 4 gigs ram Hi Angelo, His memory hasnt failed its just having the usual 4GB Vista Boot problem just like XP does and we have many solutions to solve the problem on the forum already  Steven |
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06-01-2008
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| Newbie Rep Power: 3 | Re: Vista x64 will not boot with 4 gigs ram Thanks for the help guys.. |
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