vista 64 bit install

finally came round to installing vista yesterday and having a bit of problems

the 64 bit media is fine up until the first reboot during the install process where after reboot it blue screens (tried this a couple times, same thing)

The 32 bit media installs fine but then can only see 2.3GB of RAM of the 4GB installed (I thought it would be able to see 3GB)

then I tried installing Suse Linux 64bit version plus added another 4GB of RAM and it installed without any problem and can see all 8GB or RAM !!!!

could my problem with the vista 64 bit be down to bad media? what do you guys think? ideally the goal is to have the vista 64 bit running

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aueddonline

ok just finished with the RAM, all the sticks passed, so it's not them

motherboard? CPU? both?

undomiel

So it currently passes with each stick tested in each slot? But if you put in more than one stick or all sticks then it all crashes down?

aueddonline

undomiel wrote:

So it currently passes with each stick tested in each slot? But if you put in more than one stick or all sticks then it all crashes down?

I just checked all the sticks in slot 0, I should just be able to try one stick in the other slots, yes, seeming there all working in slot 0,

i'm gonna be here for a couple days otherwise

undomiel

You need to test every slot to find out if it is a motherboard problem or not.

aueddonline

undomiel wrote:

You need to test every slot to find out if it is a motherboard problem or not.

yeah, but with one stick not all sticks in each slot, right, otherwise that's 16 combos

TechJunky

Heh, my brother had this same problem...

The fix was to install the OS with 1 stick of 2GB memory... After the completion finished make sure to run the latest updates. I think the Servicepack fixed this issue. Then put in the 2nd stick of the 2GB of memory and see if it recognizes it without crashing.

Sorry I didn't see this sooner.

I have a the 32bit version of Vista and it Recognizes my 3GB of memory just fine. It should max out at 3.5GB of memory for the 32bit version.

Again, its a vista problem, not your hardware.

aueddonline

TechJunky wrote:

Heh, my brother had this same problem...

The fix was to install the OS with 1 stick of 2GB memory... After the completion finished make sure to run the latest updates. I think the Servicepack fixed this issue. Then put in the 2nd stick of the 2GB of memory and see if it recognizes it without crashing.

Sorry I didn't see this sooner.

I have a the 32bit version of Vista and it Recognizes my 3GB of memory just fine. It should max out at 3.5GB of memory for the 32bit version.

Again, its a vista problem, not your hardware.

I tried this, and it installed with the one stick but then crashes if I try to add any more

TechJunky

Hmm, he said it was defiantly a hot fix that fixed the problem. He had to install with 2GB for sure and then add the 4GB after all hotfixes.

dynamik

That might have been his problem, but if memtest is coming up with errors, it's bad hardware.

aueddonline

this is shocking but i'll own up since you guys have been such a big help, I assumed that SP1 was part of the live updates as I read somewhere it was after a certain date,

anyway installed the stand alone SP1 put all 8GB in and i'm sat here feeling glade it's all over, for now

thanks again guys, i'll put all this down to experience and hey I got the ultimate boot CD out of all my pain

dynamik

I thought you said memtest gave you errors? If so, you should isolate the bad stick(s) and return them for good ones. You probably just got lucky and haven't hit the bad sections yet. Memtest is OS independent, so install service packs isn't going to change those results.

tiersten

aueddonline wrote:

this is shocking but i'll own up since you guys have been such a big help, I assumed that SP1 was part of the live updates as I read somewhere it was after a certain date,

SP1 is part of Windows Update and it should offer it to you once you've got the right prereq patches in.

aueddonline

dynamik wrote:

I thought you said memtest gave you errors? If so, you should isolate the bad stick(s) and return them for good ones. You probably just got lucky and haven't hit the bad sections yet. Memtest is OS independent, so install service packs isn't going to change those results.

memtest crashed on me when I had all sticks installled but I did them one at a time and no errors where found

tiersten

aueddonline wrote:

dynamik wrote:

I thought you said memtest gave you errors? If so, you should isolate the bad stick(s) and return them for good ones. You probably just got lucky and haven't hit the bad sections yet. Memtest is OS independent, so install service packs isn't going to change those results.

memtest crashed on me when I had all sticks installled but I did them one at a time and no errors where found

It shouldn't crash at all. There is something wrong with your motherboard or RAM if you can't fit all your RAM without it causing errors.

aueddonline

tiersten wrote:

aueddonline wrote:

dynamik wrote:

I thought you said memtest gave you errors? If so, you should isolate the bad stick(s) and return them for good ones. You probably just got lucky and haven't hit the bad sections yet. Memtest is OS independent, so install service packs isn't going to change those results.

memtest crashed on me when I had all sticks installled but I did them one at a time and no errors where found

It shouldn't crash at all. There is something wrong with your motherboard or RAM if you can't fit all your RAM without it causing errors.

i'll do another couple of tests, it was a program crash rather that a found error though

undomiel

Generally if a program crashes that means an error was found.

aueddonline

ok it went through the memtest with all 8GB in and no errors found, I also found a setting in the bios to change the cpu multipiler to x9 and the post is showing the full 2.4ghz 4 cpus, so that's all the problems solved I think