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help with mates home computer

jmh474

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Posted February 6, 2013 at 12:31PM

right so my mate has built his own computer and we have come across abit of a problem, we started of with trying to install windows 7 but would not install so i said try changing the ram and HDD still nothing so we tried installing xp on a min spec but just with the ram at only 512mb and it worked so sticking with just changing the ram to 1gb it stop's at the bios screen showing the ram is installed but every time we go above 512mb the computer seem's to stop at the bios every time thanks for any help

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woodchip

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Posted February 6, 2013 at 8:59PM

Check BIOS for Speed of ram and or size, I think speed of ram needs setting

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alanrwood

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Posted February 6, 2013 at 10:01PM

Have you checked each stick of RAM individually. Maybe one stick is faulty

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xania

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Posted February 7, 2013 at 9:29AM

If this motherboard is new, it could be that one of the RAM slots is faulty. How many slots does the mb have and are they set up on pairs?

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jmh474

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Posted February 11, 2013 at 12:32PM

well solved the problem turns out the motherboard was NOT new as i thought so got a nice big light and searched over the motherboard and yes i found the problem a part had moved on the board dont ask me how i int got a clue im guessing insufficient cooling so got abit hot lol but resoldered a new part in place and all is fine now reading full ram and running smooth woop woop

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alanrwood

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Posted February 11, 2013 at 6:48PM

Well spotted

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