RAM problem with xp

[Barun]

hi
i have got a 256 mb DDR ram. it is working with win 98
but not with xp. is it a ram problem or OS problem?

 

[Plato]

i have got a 256 mb DDR ram. it is working with win 98
but not with xp. is it a ram problem or OS problem?

XP may not like the brand of ram you have, or the mix of ram sticks.

 

[Jerry]

Go to www.crucial.com and run their memory test.

 

[Bob Knowlden]

I suggest testing the memory:

http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp

"Windows Memory Diagnostic"

It's something of a misnomer, because it doesn't run under Windows.

If the memory is producing errors, they will be more obvious under XP than
under 98.

Good luck.

Address scrambled. Replace nkbob with bobkn.

 

[SlowJet]

Why is that?
The O/S doesn't make the memory work.

I think it is because the working set of real memory is now affecting the
cach and paging, which might stress Windows routines that were
hethertobefore no used.

Love that word.----------------^

SJ

 

[Ken Blake]

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i have got a 256 mb DDR ram. it is working with win 98
but not with xp. is it a ram problem or OS problem?

Please help us to help you. What does "but not with XP" mean?
What happens when you try? If you get an error message please
quote it verbatim.

Also what is the rest of the specs of the computer?

 

[Alex Nichol]

i have got a 256 mb DDR ram. it is working with win 98
but not with xp. is it a ram problem or OS problem?

Probably a matching problem with another RAM module. Windows has become
increasingly fussy over exact matching of modules

 

[SlowJet]

No, that's like saying your Automobile's dashboard is sensitive to mis
matched sparks plugs.

The DDR is registered and checked by the bios.
The sensitivity is caused by underspecec'd manufacturing.

The type, speed, memory bus, and mobo must be within specifications and
operational before any operaing system will work.

SJ

 

[Alex Nichol]

No, that's like saying your Automobile's dashboard is sensitive to mis
matched sparks plugs.

The DDR is registered and checked by the bios.
The sensitivity is caused by underspecec'd manufacturing.

No. It is an aspect of Windows, posted at times by people in the
development team, that it contains timing loops that are critically
calibrated. They assume that all RAM performs in the same way -
reasonable if from the same batch, but RAM of nominally the same
performance from different makers may not do so. Much less RAM that may
have overtly different characteristics.

The POST check does no checking at all - it merely detects how much RAM
it can see