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PC Memory Upgrade Headaches
OK- here is the basic data-
My motherboard has 4 memory slots. Currently, 2 are filled with 512mB sticks.
From my boot menu, it indicates that it is PC2-3200 DDR2 memory @ 400MHz.
I bought 2-1GB sticks of DDR2 PC2-5300 which claims to be backwards compatible with PC2-3200 @ 400MHz. It also says 'dual-channel' on the box.
Long story short- it doesn't work. I tried a few configurations, but with the new ram inserted it simply doesn't boot. No boot. Even taking out the old ram altogether and leaving just the new RAM installed, no dice. Tried using the correct slots, tried the incorrect slots.
Is the 'dual-channel' part screwing me? I don't know if I have dual channel or not. I would have thought I did based on the 4 slots, with each pair color-coded, but perhaps not.
In other news, I installed a real video-card (e-GeForce 7600GT) and Warcraft looks AMAZING now. Unfortunately, in the process of installing it, my computer no longer finds the CD-Drive as a boot device, and warns me of this with every bootup. Nevermind the fact that the drive works fine, it just doesn't 'see' it on bootup anymore. ARRRRRGH!!!!
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