Hello,
I bought 2 x Buffalo Select DD4003-1G/BR 1GB 1X1GB PC3200 DDR400 CL3 184PIN DIMM Memory
I had 2 x Generic 256MB PC3200 DDR400 before.
My board (MSI KT6V) only supports up to 2gigs of RAM, so I decided to add a bit of life to my aging PC and bought the maximum it can hold. It's running a AMD Sempron 2800+ processor, a Nvidia 6600GT vid card, and a 350W power supply.
When I installed the Ram, everything went smoothly. No beeps, and it booted into Window perfectly. So I decided to run a game that was lagging in speed recently, and the moment the screen resolution changed when the game loads, my pc freezes completely...to the point I need to hit the reset button.
I was able to make it freezes by executing a video card stress test, the direct3d test in dxdiag, and it also froze when my screensaver was running (Google Photos Screensaver).
Things I tried :
I tried 1 dimm alone, different slots (there's only 2 on my board). One new 1gb mixed with one old 256mb. Updated video card drivers, bios drivers were already to latest.
Still getting freezes when I run something more demanding than just surfing the net. And the freeze is not random, I can make it freeze when I want by running a game.
I checked Event Viewer, and I get this since the new ram is in.
Application popup: : Machine Check: or Application popup: : Machine Check: Regs (about 6 of them)
With message :
Product: Windows Operating System
Source: Application Popup
Version: 5.2
Symbolic Name: STATUS_LOG_HARD_ERROR
Message: Application popup: %1 : %2
I've ran a memtest86 all night on the new ram, and it came back with no errors with 5 passes.
I'm doubting the ram is bad, since my system boots and all, but I'm thinking it may not be 100% compatible with my system even though it should be. Since my issues only happens when I put the new ram in, I'm wondering if you could help my out a little.
I'm low on time since I need to return this RAM if ever my system won't run properly with it. I wish I had other 1bg ram to test my system with, but I don't.
Let me know,
Gary