Adding Ram Causes Failure

I Just upgraded my amd quad-core setup to 4gb of ram (2X2gb of pc3200 (1066mhz)) from a single slow 1gb stick, the computer ran fine when i first plugged them in

Then I started opening every program in sight, It starts to open everything and then I get the blue screen, Ignoring it I restart and cannot get the computer to boot past the windows loading screen. So I reinstalled the original ram and I have the same problem, I boot to my windows 7 disk, xp disk, I get a blue screen errors ranging from tried to write to read only memory, to something about screen on non screen area. The errors do not seem to be consistent. I have erased my hdd with killdisk then tried to boot to windows disk and still when trying to load windows setup get a blue screen.

cannot boot to safe mode
cannot load last known good config
cannot boot to win 7
cannot boot to win 7 disk
cannot boot to win xp disk
cannot restore to an earlier date
cannot run start up repair

will run memory diagnosis but it just tells me there are errors.
will run killdisk for an extended amount of time (proves that dos can still function)

This is killing me, I just started a new semester and have to get this problem sorted.

Thanks!

 

Hi and welcome to CHF

It could be that your Hard Drive has problems.

Assuming Desktop:
You need to attach it to a working system - either using the internal SATA connection on the m/board or put it in an enclosure ( or HDD to USB adapter )
Once you have it attached run chkdsk on it from a cmd prompt - providing the drive is recognised.

If it is a laptop you can still use the adapter / enclosure method.

 

I have also tried taking the cmos battery out, and checking the ram settings in the bios. I read somewhere that say if you have more than two mem slots that you should use say the 1st and 3rd slot I have them in the 1st and 2nd, but when I take them all out and return to the stock stick of ram its the same case.

 

I have tried multiple hard disks one blank, one with xp installed from this system, and one with win 7 installed from this system. All of them give me the same problem.

 

Taking a hard drive from another system will not solve the problem.
Windows is "clever" enough to know that the hardware - especially the m/board - has changed and it will not boot.

Have you got the CDROM drive as the first boot device in the BIOS ?

 

I said that both the hdd's that I tried had windows installed onto them from this computer, they are not from other systems.

I said I booted windows disks and dos programs, Yes I have the boot priority set right. Lets look for bigger problems I know enough to try the small stuff.

 

Are these both legitimate disks? If so what kind of disks are they? Is this a dual boot system?
Since you know enough to try the small stuff I wont ask you about the status of your drivers after you used killdisk nor will I ask you about mobo beeps.

In fact I won't even suggest that you may have motherboard or cpu issues because I am sure you already have looked into that.

 

I was not trying to be a dick or anything, I don't know much about computers, but boot sequences, and taking a hdd from one computer to another and expecting it to work, stuff like that sure I know. Anyways no I don't have a speaker and cannot hear what POST is telling me.

No neither of my copies are legit, I don't dual boot. My friend has a dos based program called PCcheck or something like that he said he was going to check it out with today, Ill let you know how that goes.

Again sorry for coming off as arrogant I just need this to work.

I also have to admit I just bought some RAM not making sure it was compatible with my mobo, I just made sure it did not exceed my MHz rating. But I would think if the ram was the problem switching back to the old stick would fix the problem, but that's not the case.

 

While our rules do not allow us to help with pirated software, you should be aware that Microsoft has caught on to the issue. The fact that they may have worked before does not mean that you will be able to reinstall them using the same key. In fact there are many legitimate disks that get messed up over time. I can't say for sure that you will solve your problems by installing a legitimate copy of windows with a usable key but, absent any hardware issues, I would think that is your best shot at getting this to work.

Since XP is out of support for all but service pack 3 legitimate copies are pretty cheap now.

As for the rest, you did come off as you indicated but I understand the frustration so apology accepted.

 

okay I do have an old copy of XP floating around, lets hope its not too scratched to boot from. When I get out of class Ill try it on my legit copy and get back to you.

thanks again

-arrogant pirate...

 

Lets hope that the key is valid for that machine otherwise it may not be much help. You may have to call Microsoft if it does not validate.

 

I ran pc check and it told me one of the ram modules failed, so I took it out ran pc check again everything was fine, mobo, cpu, and ram. tried to boot the computer and I have the same problem, Still will not boot to anything other than dos based programs. Even with a blank hdd I cannot instal windows it still blue screens.