Yes. I've been working on, or with computers for a long time. It is not uncommon to order a stick of RAM, unbox it, install it, and get the feared RAM beeps. They come dead all the time, more on Dells, Gateways, HP's and other name brand computers for one reason. They buy the sticks from whatever manufacturer has them the cheapest, and sell them to you. If you purchased two different sticks more than a couple months apart, your sticks are more than likely two different makers, but the same HP sticker on them, maybe even the same chip manufacture, but they are not the same batch, and prbly have different timings. When you upgrade RAM, always get all the RAM you need in a bundle, you will have less problems.
If you did this, it is no big deal to take out one stick and boot the machine to see if it works. Turn it on, load a video, and start surfen the web, a website with a lot of flash grfx and see if you BlueScreen it... If one stick works good for an hour or so, pop it out and put in the other one, and see if it does it then... If the computer still does it with both sticks, you've prbly got a bad video card... Or the mobo itself, but the RAM is the easiest thing to troubleshoot. Make sure you turn off the computer while removing and replacing hardware... On Oct 5, 7:36 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Thank you for the response. I just hate to think the HP RAM I put in there a > few months ago has gone bad already. I replaced the 2 original sticks that > lasted since 2004 with 2 new larger sticks direct from HP. Is it advisable > to take out one stick at a time and see if the problem is solved? > > -------------- Original message -------------- > From: BigMatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > I had very similar issues when I had a stick of RAM going out... Take > > out the old stick and see if it still does it... Also, if you have > > dual channel memory, make sure both sticks are the same manufacturer, > > size, and speed, difference in those will cause problems like > > yours... > > > Last but not least, done all you virus and adware scans? > > > On Oct 4, 12:13 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I don't know if I have a software or hardware problem. > > > I have a 2004 HP Media Center m1095c desktop. It will run for about 25 > > minutes, then I get a blue screen that says: > > > A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent > > > damage > > to your computer. > > > If this the first time you've sen this Stop error screen, restart your > > computer. If this screen appears again, follow these steps: > > > Run a system diagnostic utility supplied by your hardware manufacturer. In > > particular, run a memory check, and check for faulty or mismatched memory. > > Try > > changing video adapters. Disable or remove any newly installed hardware and > > drivers. Disable or remove any newly installed software. If you need to use > > SafeMode to remove or disable components, restart your computer, press F8 to > > select Advanced Startup Options, then select SafeMode. > > > Technical Information: > > > *** STOP: 0X0000007F(0X0000009D, 0X00000000, OX00000000, 0X00000000) > > > Beginning dump of physical memory. > > > Physical memory dump complete. > > > Contact your system administrator or technical support group for further > > assistance. > > > > I have not done any of the above suggested things. I can do a hard > > > shutdown > > and restart the PC, but again it will only run about 25 minutes. This > > problem > > first started about 9 months ago, sporadically, then went away on its own. 4 > > months ago I upgraded the memory with HP memory. The blue screen started > > appearing again about 1 month ago, and the time between occurences has > > increased > > to every time I turn it on. > > > I would appreciate any advice you could give me, and I hope I'm not > > > wasting > > your time. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Computer Tech Support" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/computer-tech-support?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
