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jedw · 07-02-2008, 10:53 AM

Same specs. it was from a MUCH cheaper supplier.

the only thing i can think of is that its a problem with chips on BOTH sides of the memory modules as I've heard this can be a compatibility problem with some motherboards. However i tracked down the motherboard manual (its a gigabyte Ga-k8vm800) and it only mentions that with certain processor / ram combinations double sided memory modules can only run at a maximum speed of DDR333 and not 400.

this doesn't explain why it just gives a blank screen.

07-02-2008, 10:53 AM	#5 (permalink)
jedw Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 5 OS: Win XP Pro SP2	Re: RAM sticks work in one machine not in another Same specs. it was from a MUCH cheaper supplier. the only thing i can think of is that its a problem with chips on BOTH sides of the memory modules as I've heard this can be a compatibility problem with some motherboards. However i tracked down the motherboard manual (its a gigabyte Ga-k8vm800) and it only mentions that with certain processor / ram combinations double sided memory modules can only run at a maximum speed of DDR333 and not 400. this doesn't explain why it just gives a blank screen.