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Installed RAM on Vista PC, Vista won’t start but will go into Safe Mode?
LockedI’ve been working on computers for years on the side and have done my fair share of RAM upgrades. I went to my Boss’ Dad’s house to upgrade his ram, he has a Vista computer ~4yrs old with 512mb RAM, (one stick). I Upgraded to 2gb. There are 2 white and 2 black slots. The 512 was in the white slot. I pulled it out and replaced it with 2gb then put the 512 in the black. Started it up and went to the vista loading bar, then screen went black. Waited a while and put the 512 where it was and then added the 2gb sequentially. Same result. Then I tried the dual channel approach. I also tried just the new RAM. Same result. I EVEN tried just putting the old one back in its slot and it STILL wouldn’t boot up properly.
Here’s the interesting thing. Safe mode and safe mode with networking both start up instantly. No problems. System properties shows 2gb, restarted and went into the CMOS and it recognizes all the correct RAM in the correct slots.
Now it should of been a simple swap and pop so I don’t have the computer with me, any suggestions?
I’ve folowed other suggestions and nothing has worked, including pulling out the battery for 15 seconds.