sazxus Posted December 26, 2005 Share Posted December 26, 2005 Ive recently purchased 1 Gig of Value select Part # VS512MB400. once installed it caused my machine to reboot itslef randomly every 2-3 mins after turning it on, I reinstalled the old memory and it runs fine with it. Do I have a bad part? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted December 26, 2005 Share Posted December 26, 2005 What CPU / FSB / Motherboard do you have? What's the part # of your old memory? Click here to find out how you can add your system specs to your profile and posts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sazxus Posted December 27, 2005 Author Share Posted December 27, 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Computer Profile Summary Operating System System Model Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 (build 2600) Enclosure Type: Desktop Processor a Main Circuit Board b 1.60 gigahertz Intel Pentium 4 8 kilobyte primary memory cache 256 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: ECS P4S5A 1.0 Bus Clock: 100 megahertz BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. 07.00T 04/02/01 Drives Memory Modules c,d 40.01 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity 30.29 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space ATAPI DVD-ROM [CD-ROM drive] 3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive] WDC WD400EB-00CPF0 [Hard drive] (40.02 GB) -- drive 0, s/n WD-WMAAT1644955, rev 06.04G06, SMART Status: Healthy 512 Megabytes Installed Memory Slot '0' has 256 MB Slot '1' has 256 MB Slot '2' is Empty Slot '3' is Empty Local Drive Volumes c: (FAT32 on drive 0) 40.01 GB 30.29 GB free Memory Samsung 256 DDR 129 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted December 29, 2005 Corsair Employee Share Posted December 29, 2005 With that CPU you would need to use PC-2100 memory or the system may not post especially of itf a OEM system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sazxus Posted December 30, 2005 Author Share Posted December 30, 2005 Would Changing the Bios settings make it work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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