Question: After replacement random access memory computer reboots
Hello, today I encountered such a problem, this computer of mine had 2 GB of RAM, today I bought 4 GB of RAM, I insert it, the computer starts to reboot
motherboard
G41T-M16
Answer: aktogai95, you need 4 GB memory with 16 chips.. 8 on each side
Question: Problem after replacing RAM on a laptop
After replacing the RAM on the laptop (there were 2 sticks of 2 GB, 1333, 10600, DDR3, 1.5V, with 2 sticks of 4 GB, 1600, 10600, DDR3, 1.5V, Kingsston), the computer turns on before booting and reboots, then suggests turning it on with system recovery, and again before booting and rebooting.
Laptop Aser Aspire 5745DG,
processor: intel core i5-480M 2.66GHz
Everything works fine on the old RAM.
Answer: Miron7999
Either memory should suit you.
Primary requirements:
1. 1066MHz PC3-8500,
2. 16 256Mx8 chips, eight on each side of the module.
Question: Does it make sense to add RAM?
Good afternoon, I want to ask a question about whether it is worth adding RAM to a computer with the following configuration:
Processor Pentium G840 Box
Motherboard S1155 MSI H61MU-E35 (B3)
RAM DDR3 2048Mb DDR1333 GoodRam 2 sticks (total 4 GB of RAM)
Video adapter PCI-X GeForce 450 GTS 1024Mb MSI DDRS (N450GTS-MD1GD3)
The computer has 2 slots for optical memory, I want to install 2 4 GB sticks for more efficient operation of the processor. Will my computer's performance increase if I change the RAM from 4GB to 8GB???
Thank you in advance for your response.
Answer:
Message from Danil6
Will my computer's performance increase if I change the RAM from 4GB to 8GB???
No. The amount of memory will not improve the performance of the processor.
If you use resource-intensive applications (photo/video editors and the like), it is worth increasing.
There is no such thing as too much memory.
Question: After replacing the RAM, the laptop began to reboot (I couldn’t find a solution on the website)
Hello! I kindly ask you to help me solve this already nerve-wracking problem. So:
Laptop - Emachines 732ZG
A kingston sodimm ddr3 kvr13s9s8/4 RAM stick was purchased with the following characteristics:
Memory capacity 4 GB
Memory type SODIMM DDR3
Memory frequency 1333 MHz
Supply voltage 1.5 V
Efficient throughput 10600 MB/s
Memory timing scheme 9-9-9
Tobish, it seemed to me, should have become like my own.
The system was pre-installed with Windows 7 32bit. I immediately inserted the bracket without replacing Windows, 2 slots - one with 2GB, the other with 4GB. Everything worked, but as we know, a 32-bit will not use this volume completely. Then I started trying to reinstall Windows and came across the OS installer freezing at startup, I thought the image was broken. I downloaded a couple more three and none of them were installed, it just froze. Ok, I inserted the old stick instead of the new one, installed a 64-bit card, disassembled the laptop and inserted a new one (4GB). The laptop simply rebooted when I tried to load Windows, took out a new one, and started OO. I tried to install it in different combinations and in different slots, but it didn’t help. Then, brazenly, with the system turned on, I took out the old one and inserted a new one, oddly enough, but Aida and the CPU identified it, but Windows showed only the old RAM to those involved. Rebooted, didn't do anything.
z.s. Help please. I really hope for you =)
z.y.y. Thank you for your time with a lot of letters)
Answer: Delete94,
In our case, on your topic, the countryman did a very good job.
I also don’t understand the dependence on the chipset, since the memory controller is in the processor. But, I guess yonis78 right!
If you ask Intel: “Maximum memory size (depends on memory type)” - it would be better not to write anything.
P.S.:
Why the PM doesn’t work, you can’t write everything here.
Added after 23 minutes
yonis78, look in PM, what do you think about this?
Question: The computer with new RAM does not start
Good day. The other day I decided to add RAM to my computer. But after installing an additional RAM module, the computer stopped starting.
Here are my components:
Motherboard: ASUS P5P43TD PRO(iP43) S775 PCI-E 4xDDR3 6xSATA2-RAID 1xIDE GLAN 1xLTP 1xCOM 1xPS/2 1xESATA 1x IEEE1394 SOUND ATX RTL
CPU: CPU INTEL Core 2 Duo E7500 2x2930MHz-1066 3072Mb LGA775
RAM: DIMM DDR3 2Gb PC3-10600 1333MHz Kingston
I bought an additional DIMM DDR3 2048MB PC10666 1333MHz Kingston Retai board
The consultant at the store said that this board should work well in tandem with mine.
I'm asking for advice
P.S. These two boards do not work as a pair; I installed a new one separately and it also does not work.
Answer: and I have the same problem. The ASUS P5P43TD PRO mother works normally with KVR1333D3N9K2/4G memory, but does not work with KVR13N9S6/2 memory. And in the store there is no other memory. You'll have to look for a used one.
Question: Optimal amount of RAM
Hello!
I have the following configuration:
Motherboard: GA-P55-UD3L
Processor: Core i7-860
Memory: 2x2GB, DIMM DDR3, 1333MHz (PC-10600).
Video card: Palit GeForce GTX960
In connection with the transition from x32 to x64 Windows 7, I am considering increasing the RAM.
The computer is used mainly for games.
Does it make sense to increase the volume to the maximum possible in my case 16GB (motherboard limitation) or is 8GB or 12GB sufficient?
Is there a big difference between 8GB and 12GB from a user's point of view?
Sincerely,
Sarger
Answer:
Message from quwy
Look at this system requirements of your games, how many they need, and then multiply this value by two
+I also want to add that for toys, and in general, there is never too much memory. I already had 8 GB of memory 3 years ago. Right now this is not enough, we need to add up to 16
P.S.: when choosing the amount of RAM, it doesn’t matter what other hardware you have. Well, except that you need to take into account the limitations of the RAM controller in terms of volume, which can be located either in the motherboard chipset or in the CPU.
Question: Replacing RAM on x79-UD3
Hello, dear forum users!
There was a need to replace the RAM.
Maternal Gigabyte board x79-UD3 rev.1.0
Memory kingston khx 1866c9d3/4gx - 4 sticks of 4GB each (16gb in total)
I want to change to hx324c11srk2/16 - 4 sticks of 8GB each (32gb in total)
I change the dies and siblocks after 3-5 seconds. It goes into reboot, I can’t even get into the BIOS.
Tell me what is the problem?
Answer: I set the bars today.
First one, and then the rest.
It started, only the characteristics set in the BIOS parameter (timings and voltage) do not start the computer.
Same problem, restart after 2-3 seconds, and it won’t let me into the BIOS.
I also tried tuning through native profiles, only they increased the last timing by 2.
2133- 11 13 15
2400- 11 13 16
Tell me a way to overclock, maybe try it via xmp?
It had an "Intel XMP Certified" sticker on it.
Only I have never overclocked through it.
Can this be done through Windows?
The computer won't freeze?
Or it will automatically detect optimal settings?
Question: Replacing RAM
motherboard: Technology Co., Ltd, GA-MA770-UD3
Type X86-based PC
AMD processor Athlon(tm) II X2 240 Processor, 2800 MHz, cores: 2, logical processors: 2
nvidia 9500gt video card
RAM one stick 2 GB DDR2. (Samsung, I think). Should I look for the same one or will some kind of DDR2 be suitable?
Answer: Why change if you can add.
Message from Evg
you can just buy any DDR2. But preferably cultural producers
Question: RAM does not work
I ordered Kllisre ddr2 2gbx2 RAM from China. When I try to install memory in both slots, the computer does not boot. Once I got stuck on the BIOS screen. If you remove the memory from slot B, the computer starts successfully. When you move the memory into slot B, the computer does not boot, but if you insert a 1 GB stick into slot A, the computer starts up successfully. If you insert one 1 GB stick into slot B, the computer starts. The mother is ASUS M2N68-AM PLUS. AMD athlon 64 X2 4600+ processor
Answer:
Message from Momadin
The memory started working at bus frequency 333.
God bless. It's good that it started.
Message from Momadin
I have one more question - is there a big difference between 800mhz and 667 mhz in performance?
Well, how can I tell you? If you perform processor-dependent tasks, then there will be a difference, of course. 10-15 percent, maybe. And if the processor is not heavily loaded, then the difference will be small.
Message from Momadin
And it turns out that my memory now operates at a frequency of 667 mhz, although CPU-Z says that it is 300.
This is a feature of how RAM works. On one signal pulse it transmits two pieces of information. Therefore, the frequencies shown there are different in different programs. In some - the number of physical impulses is shown (300 in your case) and in some - the number of transmitted pieces of information (multiply by two, it turns out)
Question: Computer does not work with new RAM
Good day to all.
Help me, please, figure out what's wrong. A week ago I bought myself two Kingston KVR16N11S8/4-SP 4Gb RAM sticks from the online store (Brand Star). I was very “lucky”, on the day of ordering they were in the store’s warehouse, I dropped everything I was doing in joy and went to the store, as soon as I bought them, I flew out of the store with a feeling of euphoria and almost ran home with them. With this feeling of joy, I quickly disassembled my computer, pulled out the old planks, carefully placed them on the shelf and decided that I would take them to the dacha in old computer. I installed the new ones, assembled the computer, set it up, with a smile from ear to ear, sat comfortably in a chair, pressed the power button... and then the feeling of joy immediately flew into oblivion, the smile slipped from my bewildered face, somewhere on the floor. The computer rebooted cyclically, preventing me from entering the BIOS. Not understanding what it was, I disassembled the computer and installed only one new stick, with one stick the computer boots and goes into the BIOS, the computer boots only up to the Windows logo and reboots again and again in the same place. Having decided that the problem was in the OS, I found my old flash drive, for such cases, and began to reinstall Windows, set all the parameters in the BIOS, booted from the flash drive, boot logo and bam! Reboot. I set the timings (11-11-11-24)… Nothing works. He spat out of anger and installed the old planks. I turned on the computer, saw the desktop, turned off the computer. Dear friends and comrades, tell me how to launch this damned new RAM?
KINGSTON KVR16N11S8/4-SP
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
Memory type
DDR3
Form factor
DIMM 240 pin
Clock frequency
1600 MHz
Bandwidth
12800 Mb/s
Volume
1 module 4 GB
ECC support
No
Buffered (Registered)
No
No
ADDITIONALLY
Number of chips per module
8, single-sided packaging
Supply voltage
1.5 V
Number of ranks
1
TIMINGS
CAS Latency (CL)
11
RAS to CAS Delay (tRCD)
11
Row Precharge Delay (tRP)
11
SAMSUNG M378B5773CH0-CH9
General characteristics
Memory type
DDR3
Form factor
DIMM 240 pin
Clock frequency
1333 MHz
Bandwidth
10600 Mb/s
Volume
1 module 2 GB
ECC support
No
Buffered (Registered)
No
Low Profile
No
Timings
CAS Latency (CL)
9
RAS to CAS Delay (tRCD)
9
Row Precharge Delay (tRP)
9
Additionally
Supply voltage
1.5 V
ASUS P7H55-M PRO
CPU
Socket
LGA1156
Supported processors
Intel Core i7/Core i5/Core i3/Pentium
Multi-core processor support
There is
Chipset
Chipset
Intel H55
BIOS
AMI with disaster recovery capability
SLI/CrossFire support
No
Memory
Memory
DDR3 DIMM, 1066 - 2133 MHz
Number of memory slots
4
Dual channel support
There is
Maximum memory capacity
16 GB
Disk controllers
IDE
number of slots: 1, UltraDMA 133
SATA
number of SATA 3Gb/s connectors: 6
Expansion slots
Expansion slots
1xPCI-E x16, 1xPCI-E x1, 2xPCI
PCI Express 2.0 support
There is
Audio Video
Sound
7.1CH, HDA
Built-in video adapter
There is
Net
Ethernet
1000 Mbit/s
Connection
Availability of interfaces
12 USB, S/PDIF output, 1xCOM, D-Sub, DVI, HDMI, Ethernet, PS/2 (keyboard)
Rear Connectors
6 USB, optical output, D-Sub, DVI, HDMI, Ethernet, PS/2 (keyboard)
Main power connector
24-pin
CPU power connector
8-pin
Extra options
Form factor
microATX
Intel Core i5-661 Clarkdale (3333MHz, LGA1156, L3 4096Kb)
General characteristics
Socket LGA1156
Core
Clarkdale core
Number of cores 2
Process technology 32 nm
Frequency characteristics
Clock frequency 3333 MHz
DMI system bus
Multiplication factor 25
Core voltage 0.65 V
Integrated graphics core HD Graphics, 900 MHz
There is a built-in memory controller, 21 Gb/s bandwidth
Cache
L1 cache size 64 KB
L2 cache capacity 512 KB
L3 cache size 4096 KB
Command Sets
Hyper-Threading support available
MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4 instructions
AMD64/EM64T support yes
NX Bit support available
Virtualization Technology support available
Additionally
Typical heat dissipation 87 W
Maximum operating temperature 69.8 °C
Additional information core voltage 0.65V-1.4V
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost (ASUS)
General characteristics
Video card type
office/game room
GPU
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti
Interface
PCI-E 16x 3.0
GPU codename
GK106
Technical process
28 nm
Number of monitors supported
4
Maximum resolution
2560x1600
Specifications
GPU frequency
980 MHz
Video memory capacity
2048 MB
Video memory type
GDDR5
Video memory frequency
5400 MHz
Video memory bus width
128 bit
RAMDAC frequency
400 MHz
Connection
Connectors
DVI x2, HDCP, HDMI, VGA support
HDMI version
1.4a
Math block
Number of universal processors
768
Shader version
5.0
Number of texture units
64
Number of rasterization blocks
16
Maximum degree of anisotropic filtering
16x
Maximum FSAA degree
32x
Standards support
DirectX 11, OpenGL 4.3
additional characteristics
CUDA support
There is
Need for additional nutrition
yes, 6 pin
TDP
110 W
Number of occupied slots
2
Answer: She is not damned, but one-sided. On your system, 4 GB memory sticks will only work on two sides (memory chips are located on both sides of the module, 8 pieces on each side).
Question: Computer does not work with new RAM
Good day to all.
Help me, please, figure out what's wrong. A week ago I bought myself two Kingston KVR16N11S8/4-SP 4Gb RAM sticks from the online store (Brand Star). I was very “lucky”, on the day of ordering they were in the store’s warehouse, I dropped everything I was doing in joy and went to the store, as soon as I bought them, I flew out of the store with a feeling of euphoria and almost ran home with them. With this feeling of joy, I quickly disassembled my computer, pulled out the old planks, carefully placed them on the shelf and decided that I would take them to the dacha to use the old computer. I installed the new ones, assembled the computer, set it up, with a smile from ear to ear, sat comfortably in a chair, pressed the power button... and then the feeling of joy immediately flew into oblivion, the smile slipped from my bewildered face, somewhere on the floor. The computer rebooted cyclically, preventing me from entering the BIOS. Not understanding what it was, I disassembled the computer and installed only one new stick, with one stick the computer boots and goes into the BIOS, the computer boots only up to the Windows logo and reboots again and again in the same place. Having decided that the problem was in the OS, I found my old flash drive, for such cases, and began to reinstall Windows, set all the parameters in the BIOS, booted from the flash drive, boot logo and bam! Reboot. I set the timings (11-11-11-24)… Nothing works. He spat out of anger and installed the old planks. I turned on the computer, saw the desktop, turned off the computer. Dear friends and comrades, tell me how to launch this damned new RAM?
KINGSTON KVR16N11S8/4-SP
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
Memory type
DDR3
Form factor
DIMM 240 pin
Clock frequency
1600 MHz
Bandwidth
12800 Mb/s
Volume
1 module 4 GB
ECC support
No
Buffered (Registered)
No
No
ADDITIONALLY
Number of chips per module
8, single-sided packaging
Supply voltage
1.5 V
Number of ranks
1
TIMINGS
CAS Latency (CL)
11
RAS to CAS Delay (tRCD)
11
Row Precharge Delay (tRP)
11
SAMSUNG M378B5773CH0-CH9
General characteristics
Memory type
DDR3
Form factor
DIMM 240 pin
Clock frequency
1333 MHz
Bandwidth
10600 Mb/s
Volume
1 module 2 GB
ECC support
No
Buffered (Registered)
No
Low Profile
No
Timings
CAS Latency (CL)
9
RAS to CAS Delay (tRCD)
9
Row Precharge Delay (tRP)
9
Additionally
Supply voltage
1.5 V
ASUS P7H55-M PRO
CPU
Socket
LGA1156
Supported processors
Intel Core i7/Core i5/Core i3/Pentium
Multi-core processor support
There is
Chipset
Chipset
Intel H55
BIOS
AMI with disaster recovery capability
SLI/CrossFire support
No
Memory
Memory
DDR3 DIMM, 1066 - 2133 MHz
Number of memory slots
4
Dual channel support
There is
Maximum memory capacity
16 GB
Disk controllers
IDE
number of slots: 1, UltraDMA 133
SATA
number of SATA 3Gb/s connectors: 6
Expansion slots
Expansion slots
1xPCI-E x16, 1xPCI-E x1, 2xPCI
PCI Express 2.0 support
There is
Audio Video
Sound
7.1CH, HDA
Built-in video adapter
There is
Net
Ethernet
1000 Mbit/s
Connection
Availability of interfaces
12 USB, S/PDIF output, 1xCOM, D-Sub, DVI, HDMI, Ethernet, PS/2 (keyboard)
Rear Connectors
6 USB, optical output, D-Sub, DVI, HDMI, Ethernet, PS/2 (keyboard)
Main power connector
24-pin
CPU power connector
8-pin
Extra options
Form factor
microATX
Intel Core i5-661 Clarkdale (3333MHz, LGA1156, L3 4096Kb)
General characteristics
Socket LGA1156
Core
Clarkdale core
Number of cores 2
Process technology 32 nm
Frequency characteristics
Clock frequency 3333 MHz
DMI system bus
Multiplication factor 25
Core voltage 0.65 V
Integrated graphics core HD Graphics, 900 MHz
There is a built-in memory controller, 21 Gb/s bandwidth
Cache
L1 cache size 64 KB
L2 cache capacity 512 KB
L3 cache size 4096 KB
Command Sets
Hyper-Threading support available
MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4 instructions
AMD64/EM64T support yes
NX Bit support available
Virtualization Technology support available
Additionally
Typical heat dissipation 87 W
Maximum operating temperature 69.8 °C
Additional information core voltage 0.65V-1.4V
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost (ASUS)
General characteristics
Video card type
office/game room
GPU
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti
Interface
PCI-E 16x 3.0
GPU codename
GK106
Technical process
28 nm
Number of monitors supported
4
Maximum resolution
2560x1600
Specifications
GPU frequency
980 MHz
Video memory capacity
2048 MB
Video memory type
GDDR5
Video memory frequency
5400 MHz
Video memory bus width
128 bit
RAMDAC frequency
400 MHz
Connection
Connectors
DVI x2, HDCP, HDMI, VGA support
HDMI version
1.4a
Math block
Number of universal processors
768
Shader version
5.0
Number of texture units
64
Number of rasterization blocks
16
Maximum degree of anisotropic filtering
16x
Maximum FSAA degree
32x
Standards support
DirectX 11, OpenGL 4.3
additional characteristics
CUDA support
There is
Need for additional nutrition
yes, 6 pin
TDP
110 W
Number of occupied slots
2
Problems with RAM are not as common as with other computer components. But they still happen and you need to be prepared for it. When problems with RAM make themselves felt, this can manifest itself in different ways: again - “BSOD” (Blue Screen of Death), spontaneous reboot computer, freezing, etc.
Note: The Blue Screen of Death looks something like this.
It can appear not only during problems with RAM, but this is one of the sure signs, which clearly “says” that something is wrong with the computer and specialist intervention is required, i.e. - us! :)
If RAM does not work, then there can be two options:
- 1. The RAM is completely burnt out. In this case, when turned on, all fans of the system unit rotate regularly, but the system does not show any further signs of “life”.
- 2. The RAM has partially failed (failures in the operation of one or more of its chips). In this case, the situation is not so obvious. The computer can successfully load the operating system and even work stably for some time, but when trying to launch any resource-intensive application, it will reboot, freeze, or show a “BSOD”.
In the second case, it is necessary to conduct a full test of the RAM for errors in its operation. This is done using special programs and today we will talk about one of them. Personally, it has never let me down. Meet us! Wonderful utility - " Memtest».
Here's what the testing process looks like:
To identify problems with RAM, the program sequentially runs eight tests, each of which loads different parts of it, writing different values into them, reading them and checking them against the standard. We can see the progress of all these tests in the right top corner in the screenshot above.
If errors in memory operation are found during testing, they are displayed in red in the middle part of the window.
The screenshot above shows that this memory module is no longer alive! :)
Problems with RAM are usually solved by replacing an unstable module ( normal operation it will still be impossible to achieve with him). Although we continue to successfully use some of them in our work. How? In the terminal clients that we talked about in the article "". In this case, there is no active exchange with memory, and if there are no accesses to its faulty pages, then it can function properly for quite a long time.
As you can see, the Memtest program is very easy to use (testing starts automatically after downloading), it does not require any additional settings and configuration and does an excellent job.
I would like to give you some tips on troubleshooting problems with RAM:
- 1. Always test memory only with boot disk programs. If you run Memtest from Windows, it may happen that by trying to access the faulty memory section, the program will cause Windows to restart. Do you need it again? :)
- 2. If you have several RAM modules installed, then by testing all of them together, it will not be possible to determine which specific module is causing the failures. Therefore, we need to test them separately (take out all the “unnecessary” ones from the slots and leave only one being tested). And this will happen to everyone! ... module :)
That's all I wanted to tell you today about problems with RAM. By tradition, I provide a link to download the program itself.
Note: After downloading the archive, unzip it. You will receive a “memtest” file with an “iso” extension (this is the image file of the program itself). Now it will need to be written to disk in image recording mode.
After this, insert the CD into the computer being tested, set the Bios to boot from it and test the RAM.
I recommend that you always test RAM only under DOS, since it itself uses no more than one megabyte of memory for its needs and we can easily test the rest of its space. If we start diagnosing RAM problems from under Windows, then a certain part of it (occupied by the system) will be inaccessible to the testing program and the procedure itself will not be so effective.
I would like to say a few more words about the “blue screen of death” (BSOD). There is no point in stretching this material into a separate article, but here this information will be appropriate. So, which one? useful information for ourselves we can learn from this blue screen? Pay attention to the photo below:
We are only interested in the alphanumeric value after the word “STOP”. It is this designation that can tell us in which direction to move when identifying a particular malfunction. This applies not only to problems with RAM. There are a great many meanings of the “STOP” error codes themselves (depending on the specific malfunction), but using them you can approximately get your bearings and save your time when diagnosing.
How can we understand such a large number of stop error codes? Don't keep them all in your head! This is not necessary. Everything has been done for us a long time ago :) For example, there is one wonderful program “” (you can download it from the link), which contains their database and explanations of errors (in Russian). All you have to do is specify a specific STOP code and the program will provide all the necessary information.
Let's indicate our value: 0x0000007A
IN in this case The code indicates to us problems with RAM. I know this for sure, because this is an example from my recent practice :) The program can update the error database from the manufacturer’s website, so pay attention to the “Updates” item.
I would also like to talk about this point: it is possible that during installation operating system Have you seen a message like the one in the screenshot below?
IN 99 cases out of a hundred (we still attribute one to the fact that installation disk really dirty or scratched) we are dealing with the same RAM problems. Naturally, the name of the file that the system fails to copy can be absolutely anything, since it is at this stage of installation that the a large number of data and some files are trying to write to its faulty cells.
Now here are some general recommendations to ensure that problems with RAM do not cause you trouble; remember that memory, like any other node to which voltage is applied, heats up and its overheating can negatively affect the stable operation of the system as a whole.
Personally, I decided for myself this way: a couple more small fans in system unit- no problem! :) What am I getting at? Present on the market various systems for cooling RAM. These can be either cap-on radiators attached to both sides of the memory chips, or small prefabricated cooling systems that are equipped with fans and are mounted directly above the memory slots.
Here, for example, is a cooling system “ Kingston HyperX Cooling Fan" I use in my .
When disassembled, this is an elementary children's construction set that needs to be assembled and fixed on the white latches of the slots, extending (in the direction indicated by the arrows) the aluminum fastenings of the device. The device is connected to one of the fan connectors on the motherboard.
In addition, the device has a nice LED backlight :)
The situation is as follows: very often, when assembling a computer, RAM modules are installed in the slots closest to the processor. If I see this, then, if possible, I try to immediately move them away from the processor (third or fourth slot). Why am I doing this?
According to my numerous observations, it is the first two RAM connectors that are most susceptible to dust. This is due to the active cooling system of the processor (fan), which evenly distributes dust within a radius of 5-7 centimeters from it.
More than once, the entire “repair” of a seemingly seriously inoperative machine boiled down to reinstalling the memory in another slot (with preliminary cleaning of the latter).
Dust is the enemy of any electronics! Sometimes a lot of it can accumulate inside and nothing, and sometimes just a little on the contacts and the entire system is completely inoperable. Cleaning can be done using a soft brush or brush. As the photo below shows:
Take a good look at the recesses in the connectors, because this is where the electrical contacts are located. To prevent problems with RAM from bothering you in the future, also clear the “tracks” on the module itself.
Personally, I use an ordinary elastic band for this.
Carefully wipe all the terminals with it (move the rubber band parallel to the copper contacts in the direction indicated by the arrow) and you will notice that the contacts immediately become lighter, and therefore the electrical contact is better. Install RAM away from the system CPU cooling and let your computer work for a long time and without failures :)
P.S.. I thought about it and decided to add a little more to the article. The topic does not seem to be directly related to RAM problems, but I hope it will be useful to readers. What program will you use to record the “iso” image that I posted above? If you answered “Nero”, then read the text further :)
I also used this data before software, but then I began to notice that his distribution with each new version everything grows and grows in size. And it came to a paradoxical situation: in order to simply burn a disc, I had to install a 300 megabyte software package on my computer!
Realizing that this could not continue, I began to look for an alternative. I found it in the form of a wonderful little thing called “img itemprop="image" Burn”. Its size is slightly less than two megabytes. She burns discs perfectly and I had a case when she (without any questions) burned me a CD image in 800 megabyte per DVD disc, while our “folk” three-hundred-meter package required some additional plugin for this “complex” operation :)
So, without further unnecessary words, I sincerely recommend you this little helper “”.