Adding memory causes system hang

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I have a T1140 emachine with a LM810E motherboard. The OS is XP Home ED. with
Service Pack 2. When I add memory it causes the system to hang. According
to MS Online Analysis "These types of errors indicate the operating system
has determined that the graphics driver was taking too long for an operation
to complete and that the driver appears to have stopped responding. To the
operating system, it appears as though the graphics driver may be stuck in an
infinite loop. This sort of error only occurs in Microsoft Windows XP." I
have downloaded the final graphics driver for my chipset and I still have the
same problem. Tech support at emachines has basically just shrugged their
shoulders. My thought is that there may be some sort of "fix" for the OS
that would tell it that everything is ok, I just have a slow machine. I
appreciate any help.
 
Memory problems can arise when you buy a 'new' memory stick that was not
made by the same manufacturer and may have different sizes of chips, etc.

Are all your memory stick exactly the same?
 
I have tried twelve different brands of memory recommended by the
manufacturer and none of them have worked.
 
Are you adding to existing memory or totally replacing? Have you tried just
totally replacing and not combining?

-Frank
 
=?Utf-8?B?U3RldmU=?= said:
I have tried twelve different brands of memory recommended by the
manufacturer and none of them have worked.
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ie one reason to get all the ram you need for a year or two down the
line. One might have to diss all original ram and get all new ram.
 
Have a look at the Crucial site http://www.crucial.com/

They give reliable information about which ram you need. I believe if they
recommend and sell you the wrong type they will refund. Prices are good.

It may be you need a matched pair or are actually exceeding the amount of
ram it can take.

If the machines generally slow check for Spyware. Spybot and Adaware are
both free and work together OK. A good tidy up and freeing up some hard
drive space will also help. I hope you did a back up of all critical info
first??

:o)
 
Steve said:
I have a T1140 emachine with a LM810E motherboard. The OS is XP Home ED. with
Service Pack 2. When I add memory it causes the system to hang. According
to MS Online Analysis "These types of errors indicate the operating system
has determined that the graphics driver was taking too long for an operation
to complete and that the driver appears to have stopped responding. To the
operating system, it appears as though the graphics driver may be stuck in an
infinite loop. This sort of error only occurs in Microsoft Windows XP." I
have downloaded the final graphics driver for my chipset and I still have the
same problem. Tech support at emachines has basically just shrugged their
shoulders. My thought is that there may be some sort of "fix" for the OS
that would tell it that everything is ok, I just have a slow machine. I
appreciate any help.
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Hi Steve
you might try a agp or pci video card. the onboard card might be the
problem
 
you might want to try testing your new memory modules singly and combined
with the old modules.

you may try using microsoft's windows memory tester which may be downloaded
from their website.

you can also try using memtest86 which you can download from
http://memtest86.com.

either which way, you may need a CD burner.

i hope that this would help you try solve your problem.

regards!
 
Badger,

I think you may have it. My concern is that I may have to disable the
onboard graphics in order to install a new video card and I am not sure how
to do that.

Thanks,

Steve
 
Steve said:
Badger,

I think you may have it. My concern is that I may have to disable the
onboard graphics in order to install a new video card and I am not sure how
to do that.

Thanks,

Steve
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Hi Steve
The newer boards will just adjust to a video card without any changes in
the bios but,to be sure, you can get into the bios and look for a
setting to disable the onboard video. I usually just pound on the f1,f2
and delete keys until it goes into setup, if I can't see the bootup
screen to see which keys gets me in to setup.

If that don't work see if you can download the motherboard manual.
 
Badger,

Success! You were right. In the million years or so that I have been
seeking a solution to this problem no one had an answer until you. Much
thanks.

The problem was, when I add memory it triggers the system to hang - the
screen freezes - usually a few minutes after Windows has loaded and the
desktop is displayed.

According to Intel, the maker of the graphics controller, "These types of
errors indicate that the operating system has determined that the graphics
driver was taking too long for an operation to complete and that the driver
appears to have stopped responding. To the operating system, it appears as
though the graphics driver may be stuck in an infinite loop. This sort of
error only occurs in Microsoft Windows XP."

Intel's solution was to download the latest driver. It didn't help.

Emachines techs, after making me stand on my head add cluck like a chickhen,
said everything should work and implied the problem was user error. Their
final solution was to re-install everything using the restore CD and see if
that worked. It didn't.

I have talked to in-store techs, Microsoft techs, techs at various memory
manufacturers, techs who are just wandering the street - I may have talked to
every tech in the world. None came up with a solution. One said it was the
power supply another said it was the hard drive. One tech suggested that I
may have installed the memory backwards. I didn't realize that was possible.
I would like to see it.

So, I decided to try your solution.

1. I disabled the onboard graphics controller.

2. Installed the video card.

3. Installed the new memory.

Success! Everything worked.

Now my only problem is finding all the screws that go to my computer so I
can put it back together.

Thanks again,

Steve
 
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