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System Name | Black Panther |
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Processor | i9 9900k |
Motherboard | Gigabyte Z390 AORUS PRO Wifi 1.0 |
Cooling | NZXT Kraken X72 360mm |
Memory | 2 x 8GB Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro DDR4 3600Mhz |
Video Card(s) | Palit RTX2080 Ti Dual 11GB DDR6 |
Storage | Samsung EVO 970 500GB SSD M.2 & 2TB Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm |
Display(s) | 32'' Gigabyte G32QC 2560x1440 165Hz |
Case | NZXT H710i Black |
Audio Device(s) | Razer Electra V2 & Z5500 Speakers |
Power Supply | Seasonic Focus GX-850 Gold 80+ |
Mouse | Some Corsair lost the box forgot the model |
Keyboard | Motospeed |
Software | Windows 10 |
This is not my pc in system specs but this one:
Processor: Celeron 333Mhz Mendocino
Graphics: Nvidia Vanta 16MB (AGP)
Motherboard: Soltek SL-62C
Sound Card: Aztech AZT 2320 (ISA)
The motherboard has 2 slots for RAM and they only recognise 128MB each. Due to lack of parts, I had put in one stick of 512MB PC133 SDRAM.
The computer worked fine, the only 'problem' being that it recognised only 128MB RAM but I couldn't do anything about that.
Now I managed to get hold of a 256MB PC133 SDRAM, and put it in the second slot.
The computer POSTed, showing 264MB RAM.
Great.... but my happiness was short-lived.
Windows didn't load. I got the message:
I pressed the reset button to see if it happens again, and this time I got:
So I decided to repair windows, but I couldn't get Windows setup to run!
So far it didn't cross my mind that my 2nd RAM module I inserted today could be the fault, because the messages I got mislead me into thinking my XP got corrupted.
However, I removed the 256MB module and the pc worked normally once again.
What I wanted to know is, is there any way I can get both RAM modules working together so I can get at least 256MB total (128+128) on this pc?
If I can do anything it's only through the bios since I can't get in XP with both ram modules inside the pc.
Could I have got the wrong RAM? Both 512 and 256 modules look exactly the same (168 pin, 2 notches, 3.3V), and both fit in the slots.
Processor: Celeron 333Mhz Mendocino
Graphics: Nvidia Vanta 16MB (AGP)
Motherboard: Soltek SL-62C
Sound Card: Aztech AZT 2320 (ISA)
The motherboard has 2 slots for RAM and they only recognise 128MB each. Due to lack of parts, I had put in one stick of 512MB PC133 SDRAM.
The computer worked fine, the only 'problem' being that it recognised only 128MB RAM but I couldn't do anything about that.
Now I managed to get hold of a 256MB PC133 SDRAM, and put it in the second slot.
The computer POSTed, showing 264MB RAM.
Great.... but my happiness was short-lived.
Windows didn't load. I got the message:
Windows cannot start because \Windows\System32\Config\System is missing or corrupt. Boot from the XP disk and press 'r' to repair.
I pressed the reset button to see if it happens again, and this time I got:
Windows cannot start because <windows root>\System32\ntoskrnl.exe is missing or corrupt. Please reinstall a copy of the above file.
So I decided to repair windows, but I couldn't get Windows setup to run!
.File \i386\ntkrnlmp.exe could not be loaded. The error code is 4. Setup cannot continue. Press any key to exit.
So far it didn't cross my mind that my 2nd RAM module I inserted today could be the fault, because the messages I got mislead me into thinking my XP got corrupted.
However, I removed the 256MB module and the pc worked normally once again.
What I wanted to know is, is there any way I can get both RAM modules working together so I can get at least 256MB total (128+128) on this pc?
If I can do anything it's only through the bios since I can't get in XP with both ram modules inside the pc.
Could I have got the wrong RAM? Both 512 and 256 modules look exactly the same (168 pin, 2 notches, 3.3V), and both fit in the slots.
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