i was wondering if anyone can suggest new ram for me on my gigabyte p35-ds3l board. i just built this thing with a e8400, 2x2 gskill pc2 8500 and one of my sticks went bad.
i tried raising the voltage and adjusting the timings but everytime windows was finalizing the installation i got the blue screen. nothing worked so i took it to the shop and they said i had a dead stick.
now heres the problem. im running xp pro 64bit and my system pauses for a few minutes, and slows down a lot. i only have one stick in there as the other is dead. would that be why its doing this? i dont know if its the ram because it isnt running in single channel or because its x64bit. if anything ill get 2x1 ram and run xp home 32bit.
problem number 2- gskill wants both ram before i get a replacement. so for about a week or two ill be left with no computer. i might as well buy new ram and chuck the gskills.
which ram do you guys recommend for non overclocking? and should i go back to xp home or xp pro 32 bit? people are saying that pro has basically stopped being supported so im not sure which way to go here.
also, just in case you guys are going to ask.. i have a silverstone 700watt psu, evga 8800gt and 250gig seagate.
thanks
i tried raising the voltage and adjusting the timings but everytime windows was finalizing the installation i got the blue screen. nothing worked so i took it to the shop and they said i had a dead stick.
now heres the problem. im running xp pro 64bit and my system pauses for a few minutes, and slows down a lot. i only have one stick in there as the other is dead. would that be why its doing this? i dont know if its the ram because it isnt running in single channel or because its x64bit. if anything ill get 2x1 ram and run xp home 32bit.
problem number 2- gskill wants both ram before i get a replacement. so for about a week or two ill be left with no computer. i might as well buy new ram and chuck the gskills.
which ram do you guys recommend for non overclocking? and should i go back to xp home or xp pro 32 bit? people are saying that pro has basically stopped being supported so im not sure which way to go here.
also, just in case you guys are going to ask.. i have a silverstone 700watt psu, evga 8800gt and 250gig seagate.
thanks