Solve : Added Ram resulting in no signal from monitor.?

1.	Solve : Added Ram resulting in no signal from monitor.?
Answer» Hello folks. My computer has 4 slots for Ram, and 2 slots were filled with 1gb sticks each. I RECENTLY just bought another 2gb stick of Ram and after I slotted it in, the monitor wasn't picking up signal. I took the new Ram out and the computer worked again, so I started messing about with slots and it seems that no matter what order I PUT the Ram in, it won't allow me to go over 3gb of ram even though my ASRock ConRoe1333-DVI/H motherboard states that it... "...Supports Dual Channel DDR2 667/533 x 4 DIMM slots with max. capacity up to 4GB". I was hoping to get it to 4gb, so I was wondering if anyone had any tips on how I get around this. Thanks for your time James. Quote Before you install memory module on this motherboard, please read below message to avoid any improper installation: » Due to chipset LIMITATION, if you plan to install three or four memory modules on this motherboard, please install only single-sided memory modules. » To install two memory modules on this motherboard, please install them on DDRII_1 and DDRII_3 DIMM sockets. For the detailed installation information, please refer to the user manual or quick installation guide. Due to the chipset limitation, the actual memory size may be less than 4GB for the reservation for system usage under Windows® XP, Windows® XP 64-bit, Windows® Vista™ and Windows® Vista™ 64-bit. As stated here: http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/ConRoe1333-DVIH%20R2.0/Well Dave; that could have saved me a lot of heart-ache on my day off Thanks for the quick reply..Hit this problem once before with a Core 2 Duo 1.8Ghz Laptop. I had an older laptop given to me when user installed a 4GB upgrade 2 x 2GB DDR2 667Mhz and it only displayed 2.5GB RAM. They brought it to computer shops ( STAPLES Service & Bestbuy Geeks ) and they couldnt figure it out. He thought it was junk and gave it away to me when he was looking for a way to get rid of it without throwing it into a landfill, and bought a brand new laptop. A quick google search pointed out that this laptop model would not run on 4GB RAM and chipset was only able to address less than 3GB and of which after shared memory for GPU etc it only had about 2.5GB memory for the OS. I contacted him and told him that its still a good laptop but limited in memory, and he said I could still keep it as for he liked the new laptop and didnt want the old one back. Told him next time to contact me before going to Staples or Geek Squad for anything like this. I ended up using this system as a free upgrade to my netbook that had just 1GB DDR2 667Mhz RAM, swapped 1 of the 2GB sticks with the 1GB stick from the netbook and gave the netbook an upgrade to 2GB RAM and mixed a 2GB and 1GB stick to make 3GB RAM and still have 2.5GB RAM and a free ram upgrade on my netbook to 2GB.

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Hello folks.

My computer has 4 slots for Ram, and 2 slots were filled with 1gb sticks each. I RECENTLY just bought another 2gb stick of Ram and after I slotted it in, the monitor wasn't picking up signal. I took the new Ram out and the computer worked again, so I started messing about with slots and it seems that no matter what order I PUT the Ram in, it won't allow me to go over 3gb of ram even though my ASRock ConRoe1333-DVI/H motherboard states that it...

"...Supports Dual Channel DDR2 667/533 x 4 DIMM slots with max. capacity up to 4GB".

I was hoping to get it to 4gb, so I was wondering if anyone had any tips on how I get around this.

Thanks for your time
James. Quote

*Before you install memory module on this motherboard, please read below message to avoid any improper installation:

» Due to chipset LIMITATION, if you plan to install three or four memory modules on this motherboard, please install only single-sided memory modules.
» To install two memory modules on this motherboard, please install them on DDRII_1 and DDRII_3 DIMM sockets.

For the detailed installation information, please refer to the user manual or quick installation guide.

**Due to the chipset limitation, the actual memory size may be less than 4GB for the reservation for system usage under Windows® XP, Windows® XP 64-bit, Windows® Vista™ and Windows® Vista™ 64-bit.

As stated here: http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/ConRoe1333-DVIH%20R2.0/Well Dave; that could have saved me a lot of heart-ache on my day off

Thanks for the quick reply..Hit this problem once before with a Core 2 Duo 1.8Ghz Laptop. I had an older laptop given to me when user installed a 4GB upgrade 2 x 2GB DDR2 667Mhz and it only displayed 2.5GB RAM. They brought it to computer shops ( STAPLES Service & Bestbuy Geeks ) and they couldnt figure it out. He thought it was junk and gave it away to me when he was looking for a way to get rid of it without throwing it into a landfill, and bought a brand new laptop. A quick google search pointed out that this laptop model would not run on 4GB RAM and chipset was only able to address less than 3GB and of which after shared memory for GPU etc it only had about 2.5GB memory for the OS. I contacted him and told him that its still a good laptop but limited in memory, and he said I could still keep it as for he liked the new laptop and didnt want the old one back. Told him next time to contact me before going to Staples or Geek Squad for anything like this.

* I ended up using this system as a free upgrade to my netbook that had just 1GB DDR2 667Mhz RAM, swapped 1 of the 2GB sticks with the 1GB stick from the netbook and gave the netbook an upgrade to 2GB RAM and mixed a 2GB and 1GB stick to make 3GB RAM and still have 2.5GB RAM and a free ram upgrade on my netbook to 2GB.

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