EmperorJake

I recently got 4 gigs of Kingston KHX8500d2k2/2g HyperX ram (2x2G) but my PC only recognises 2 gigs. It's not 32bit xp's fault because I took one out and it only sees 1 gb of each stick.
Now, a couple of weeks later, I started getting Blue Screens of Death while I was gaming or using the ram intensively. I suspected the ram so I ran memtest x86 but it froze halfway through.
Then, I took one out and my PC wouldn't boot at all, or get stuck on the POST screen or the Windows loading screen. I think it's fried.
I took it out and replaced it with the other one and it's working fine apart from the occasional BSod while intensive usage.
Please help me because I want to use all of my ram (atleast 3gb on 32bit)

I have a:
Gigabyte GA-MA78g-ds3h rev 1.0
AMD Athlon X2 5600+ OC'd to 3GHz
500w PSU
8800 GTS 512 mb

Thanks,
Jake

wrench97

DDR2 1066 is only supported with AM2+ CPU's which would be a Phenom.
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/...ProductID=2800
AN 8800GTS on a 500w power supply is underpowered What Model and Brand is it?

EmperorJake

I know that, the ram is running at 800 mhz for now. Im planning on getting a phenom eventually but will it stop the bsods and recognise all of the ram?
BTW, the graphics card is a Sparkle Nvidia 8800GTS 512mb.

wrench97

Well it is recognizing all the ram now KHX8500d2k2/2g is a 2Gig kit consisting of 2 1Gig sticks.
http://www.kingston.com/HyperX/products/khx_ddr2.asp

I was looking for the Brand and Model of the Power Supply.

EmperorJake

The computer store ripped me off, they must have made a mistake. I paid for 4GB of ram!!!
THe PSU is a no name brand generic psu, do you think that is causing the bsods?
Thanks,
Jake

wrench97

The PSU would be suspect in the freezing part of your problem look in the Bios on the pc health page for the Temps and Voltages 12, 5v, 3.3v post them.

EmperorJake

Its not the ram's fault, i installed my old 512mb module and it still bsods, but now more randomly and sometimes during shutdown.
Voltages (they seem ok to me)
Vcore 1.330v
DDR2 1.8v: 1.840v
+3.3v: 3.296v
+12v: 11.858v
Sys temp: 43C
CPU temp: 38C
The GPU can get up to 75C under heavy use

Thanks fo ryour continued help,
Jake

wrench97

11.85v with out a load in the Bios is worth a further look we see video problems starting around 11.7v lets see what speed fan reports for voltages while in use under load> http://www.almico.com/sfdownload.php

speedster123

also
i would raise the ram voltage to 2 volts.

EmperorJake

OK:
Here is an update. I have upgraded my PC to Windows Vista x64
and a 600W PSU.
Before when i still had xp, speedfan said the 12v was at 11.90v just before a BSoD.
I think the BSoDs were due to hard drive corruption because I haven't had any since vista.
However,, one of the Kingston ram modules is still broken, it ran fine for a while after I upgraded, and then my PC screen went blank, rebboted and wouldnt start because the mobo beep code said the Graphics card is not inserted properly.
I took the faulty RAM out and it worked fine. What could this be?

THanks,
Jake

wrench97

A bad ram stick. replace the ram with a matched set.