dwat91

About two months ago, I bought new parts for my computer, including a dual 3.16 GHz Core 2 processor, a GeForce 8800 GT video card, an MSI P6N Diamond motherboard, and 2 sticks of 2GB DDR2 800 Kingston RAM. When I finally put everything together, the screen was completely blank and didn't receive any signal from the computer. So I had it looked at by some friends, who determined that the problem was with the CPU. Fortunately, I was able to have it replaced in time. But, that only solved part of the problem.

Now when I turn on my computer, it either crashes when loading the operating system (Vista) or freezes up at the BIOS loading screen. I was able to perform a Windows Memory Diagnostic Test from the Windows CD, but the test froze at 4%. Next, I tried using only one of the two sticks of RAM to see if they were somehow interfering with each other. But, when I tried to start up the computer, the screen would not receive any signal (the light would remain orange rather than green). I tried this with both sticks.

Strangely, I once received the following error message when using both sticks of RAM:

I didn't overclock anything (the motherboard was directly out of the box), but I reset all the BIOS settings to their factory defaults just in case. I also removed the CMOS battery on the motherboard.

Does this mean that my RAM is fried? I was thinking of taking it to a store to see if they could test it out, but I wanted to ask here first. Thank you in advance for any suggestions!

wrench97

The P6N Diamond doesn't appear to support the E8500 so that's why your last CPU appeared bad.

http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?f...ncat_no=1#menu