james_k1988
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Been trying to help a m8 out online but not having any luck
I cant remember all his spec, he got it last year sometime. Its got a p4 at 2.0ghz, Socket 478, 256mb PC2700 RAM. Unfortinately cant remember mobo name, I can get it though if its neccesary.
Anyways he currently has 256mb PC2700 (DDR) ram and was wanting to upgrade. So he bought a 512 stick of PC3200 Ram (Note the motherboard only has 2 ram slots, so we figured compatibility wouldnt be a issue becuase ive personally ran a simliar setup before)
When he puts the RAM in, it boots up fine, and boots into windows. But for some reason he cannot get a connection to his router when he puts the new stick in . The RAM registers as 768 and it runs ok, but no matter what he does it wont connect to the Router. Network connections just says that the Ethernet connection it is disconnected.But when he takes that stick out its fine (when its the 256 stick on its own again). He also tried the 512 stick on its own but that didnt work either.
Ive tried everything i can think of (that i can instruct online, cant get to his home to have a look myself). I thought mybye perhaps the motherboard isnt updated (as he hasnt updated it since he got it) enough to handle the RAM appropriately.And mybye getting a pc2700 512mb stick might do the job because i dont wanna instruct how to flash, incase something goes wrong (cause thats happened before
)
What do you guys think?
(Also the router is a Belkin, he did try to connect straight to the modem but that didnt work either. I THINK the network card is onboard but i cant be certain, ill find out if neccesary. Also its Windows XP)
I cant remember all his spec, he got it last year sometime. Its got a p4 at 2.0ghz, Socket 478, 256mb PC2700 RAM. Unfortinately cant remember mobo name, I can get it though if its neccesary.
Anyways he currently has 256mb PC2700 (DDR) ram and was wanting to upgrade. So he bought a 512 stick of PC3200 Ram (Note the motherboard only has 2 ram slots, so we figured compatibility wouldnt be a issue becuase ive personally ran a simliar setup before)
When he puts the RAM in, it boots up fine, and boots into windows. But for some reason he cannot get a connection to his router when he puts the new stick in . The RAM registers as 768 and it runs ok, but no matter what he does it wont connect to the Router. Network connections just says that the Ethernet connection it is disconnected.But when he takes that stick out its fine (when its the 256 stick on its own again). He also tried the 512 stick on its own but that didnt work either.
Ive tried everything i can think of (that i can instruct online, cant get to his home to have a look myself). I thought mybye perhaps the motherboard isnt updated (as he hasnt updated it since he got it) enough to handle the RAM appropriately.And mybye getting a pc2700 512mb stick might do the job because i dont wanna instruct how to flash, incase something goes wrong (cause thats happened before
)What do you guys think?
(Also the router is a Belkin, he did try to connect straight to the modem but that didnt work either. I THINK the network card is onboard but i cant be certain, ill find out if neccesary. Also its Windows XP)
