Pc Problem

[Matthew Brawn]

Ive got a self built Pc with
Asus K8V Deluxe
256 DDR Ram pc3200 400MHz, CL3 (one stick)
200Gig SATA HDD
128mg FX5200 Video Card
Last month i got a new stick of RAM the same type and company, when i put it
in Bioss says 512 windows loaded and just before the welcome screen (windows
xp sp2) there will be a black screen with a mouse arrow then 3 secounds
later it reboots and goes around and around, the new ram workes by its self,
there are 3 slots on the MoBo, and ive put them in every order and nothing
working, tryed installing XP and repairing but it freezes before it starts
doing any work, ive tryed with out all the extras (modem, sound, network, tv
card) and that didnt help.) i tryed differetn stick of ram and same
problem., safe mode stops loading at Drvmain.sdb, all the other same modes,
vga modes donst gt anyware, they all make the PC reboot.
I NEED HELP, ANY IDEAS?

 

[Malke]

Ive got a self built Pc with
Asus K8V Deluxe
256 DDR Ram pc3200 400MHz, CL3 (one stick)
200Gig SATA HDD
128mg FX5200 Video Card
Last month i got a new stick of RAM the same type and company, when i
put it in Bioss says 512 windows loaded and just before the welcome
screen (windows xp sp2) there will be a black screen with a mouse
arrow then 3 secounds later it reboots and goes around and around, the
new ram workes by its self, there are 3 slots on the MoBo, and ive put
them in every order and nothing working, tryed installing XP and
repairing but it freezes before it starts doing any work, ive tryed
with out all the extras (modem, sound, network, tv card) and that
didnt help.) i tryed differetn stick of ram and same problem., safe
mode stops loading at Drvmain.sdb, all the other same modes, vga modes
donst gt anyware, they all make the PC reboot. I NEED HELP, ANY IDEAS?

If you tried different sticks of RAM and in different combinations on
the motherboard, it would seem that your computer is only happy with
what it has got. Refer to your motherboard manual to see what its
limits are regarding amount of memory, placement, combinations
accepted, etc. If you don't have a manual, go to the m/b's tech support
website where they should have one.

If it turns out that what you are doing *should* work and it *doesn't*,
then you know the motherboard is defective.

Malke