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Blank screen after boot up ... after new ram installation...

Discussion in 'Processors and Motherboards' started by brianinlfc, Jan 11, 2008.

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  1. brianinlfc Newcomer, in training

    this looks kinda messed up, so now the only way for it to work would be to get a 64 Bit Os or How about 32Bit windows Vista? but then again... like i stated earlier, It does not even goes to the xfx mobo start up spalsh page...just wondering cos if windows was the problem would it not just freeze or be blank after the windows loading screen? thanks.
    brianinlfc, Jan 12, 2008
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  2. Tedster Techspot old timer.....

    Tedster, Jan 12, 2008
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  3. brianinlfc Newcomer, in training

    :E I did...I coulnt find what I was looking for :s sorry noob you know :s
    brianinlfc, Jan 12, 2008
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  4. brianinlfc Newcomer, in training

    umm anyone? Help ? :(
    brianinlfc, Jan 13, 2008
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  5. Blind Dragon Newcomer, in training

    Why not just run with only 3 sticks in there if it works fine. Especially since you aren't going to recognize much more than that anyways
    Blind Dragon, Jan 13, 2008
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  6. captaincranky TechSpot Addict

    Well All Righty Then......

    Captaincranky: 32 bit XP really only needs 2 GB to run well.

    Tedster: Read the Guides.

    Blind Dragon: Run it with 3 sticks.

    Captaincranky: It won't recognize the 4 GB of Ram. Other than that, you can try putting in 2 512MB sticks instead of the extra 2 1GB DIMMs. At least that way it will run in dual channel. It would tell you if it's the four DIMMs or the 4 GB that's giving you the problem.

    You've been helped. It doesn't seem that any of the answers agree with what you think you want to hear.

    "4 Gigabyte Fever", will pass believe me I had it once.
    captaincranky, Jan 13, 2008
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  7. brianinlfc Newcomer, in training

    Thank you, No one put it in the words like you did. Straight to the point. Great now I have a 1GB Ram lying around :\
    Thank you Captiancranky.
    brianinlfc, Jan 13, 2008
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  8. lukeskywacko Newcomer, in training

    I had same problem.

    I had same problem, and I could find no answer on the net, but I found the solution (for my problem) myself.

    After adding 2GB of RAM (total of 4GB), I changed boot.ini file by adding /PAE and /3GB switches. I never knew that it was going to cause any problem!
    Every time I launched Media Center, it would display only black screen, full screen or windowed. Live TV works just fine, but could not see the menu.

    I uninstalled and downloaded several versions of drivers for my graphics card (8600GT), and none helped. I finally thought may be these switches I added recently into boot.ini file have something to do with it, and while kinda skeptical, I removed these switches and tried Media Center, and wow it worked!

    So, if you are like me, added /PAE or /3Gb switches in boot.ini, try removing them and try again.

    Hopefully this also helps you.
    lukeskywacko, Jan 12, 2009
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  9. lukeskywacko Newcomer, in training

    damn. I just realized that I just resurrected a year old thread.
    sorry.
    lukeskywacko, Jan 12, 2009
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