I just purchased this PC the other day from tigerdirect... i bought a new power supply 630 watt , a new video card sparkle 8500GT 1gb , and 4 sticks of ram (OCZ PC2 6400 1gbram x 4 800mhz) 4-4-4 @2.1v. I installed everything and it didn't work, so i took the ram out and put the stock ram back in ( PC2 5400 1gbram x 2 667mhz + PC2 5400 512mb x 2 667mhz ) and everything ran fine. is there something i have too do too my BIOS? Im really not computer savvy more of a tinkering around hobby. here is my motherboard specs , and then the whole stock PC. ------------------------------------------------------------ Form Factor * µATX Form Factor * 24.4 x 24.4 cm CPU Support * Socket AM2 (940 pins) * AMD Athlon 64, Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core and Sempron processors * 2 GHz HyperTransport interface speed Chipset * NVIDIA nForce 430 Northbridge with Integrated Graphics Processor * NVIDIA nForce 405 Southbridge System Memory * DDR2 800/667/533, 4 banks with Dual Channel support * Support for up to 4 GB system memory Integrated Video * NVIDIA Geforce 6150SE Expansion Slots * 1x PCI Express 16X * 1x PCI Express 1X * 2x PCI Ethernet Controller * LAN 10/100 (Marvell 88E8039) Audio * High Definition Audio subsystem using the Realtek ALC 888 audio codec IDE (HDD, ODD) * 4 SATA II connectors ----------------------------------------------------------------- PC stock spec: Specifications Condition: Factory Refurbished Operating Systems: Genuine Windows® Vista™ Home Premium 32-bit Platform: PC Orientations Allowed: Vertical Form Factor: Tower Bays: 2 - 5.25" Drive Bays 1 - 3.5" Drive Bays Internal Bays: 3 - 3.5" Drive Bays Available 3.5" Drive Bays: 1 Available 5.25" Drive Bays: 1 PCI Slots (Total): 2 PCI Slots (Available): 1 PCI Express X1 Slots (Total): 1 PCI Express X1 Slots (Available): 1 PCI Express X16 Slots (Total): 1 PCI Express X16 Slots (Available): 1 PCI Express Slots (Total): 2 PCI Express Slots (Available): 2 Expansion Slots: 4 PS/2 Keyboard Connectors: 1 PS/2 Mouse Connectors: 1 Serial Communication Ports: 1 Parallel Ports: 1 USB Ports: 6 FireWire Ports: 2 LAN Ports: 1 Audio Out Jacks: 2 Line In Jacks: 1 Microphone Jacks: 2 VGA Ports: 1 Processor Brand: AMD Processor Class: Athlon 64 X2 Processor Number: 5000 Processor Speed: 2.60GHz Processor Interface: AM2 Processors Supported: 1 Processors Onboard: 1 Additional Technologies: HyperTransport Technology Dual-Core Technology Memory Type: Dual Channel DDR2 Memory Size: 2x512MB & 2x1GB Total Memory: 3.0GB Memory Speed: DDR2 667 (PC2-5300) Memory Slots (Total): 4 Memory Slots (Available): 0 Maximum Memory Supported: 4.0GB Interface: SATA II Capacity: 400GB Speed: 7,200RPM Optical Drive Type: DVD±RW Dual Layer Interface: EIDE Type: Media Reader Capacity: 15-in-1 Media Types: Compact Flash MicroDrive SecureDigital Memory Stick Multimedia Card Memory Stick PRO xD Audio Description: Integrated Audio Audio Chipset: High Definition Channels: 7.1 Graphics Description: Integrated Graphics GPU/VPU: NVIDIA GeForce 6150 SE Video Memory: up to 128MB Shared Memory Video Interface: VGA (15-Pin D-Sub) Communications Description: Integrated LAN Support Interface Type: RJ-45 - Ethernet Connector Data Transfer Rate: 10Mbps 100Mbps Communications Description: 56Kbps PCI Modem Interface Type: RJ-11 - Phone Connector Data Transfer Rate: up to 56Kbps Power: 300 Watt Mouse Type: Wheel Buttons: 3 Scrolling Capability: Vertical Connection Type: PS/2 Keyboard Type: Multimedia Connection Type: PS/2 Front Speakers: 2 Height: 15.5" Width: 7.25" Depth: 16.5" any input would be appreciated , I hope i put everything that is needed. Thank you very much,
If my question wasn't clear enough , can i use the ram i purchased (OCZ PC2 6400 1gbram x 4 800mhz) 4-4-4 @2.1v.) .... if so what will i have too do? I get a blue screen saying there is some hardware issues when i use this ram ,and i get this error... STOP: 0x0000001a 0x00041287 , 0x1f9a3ea8 , 0x00000000 , 0x00000000 and when i put the stock ram back in it works , and my motherboard spec says this ram should work, i really do not understand , please help :doh: Thanks,
