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Installing new SDRAM

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by daveboy55555 1 view

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I installed new SDRAM and it gave me a Windows Protection Error and said I needed to restart. I turned it off and on and it went to the Windows Startup Menu and said it said it didn't finish loading. So I hit safe Mode. Then it displayed the message:

While initializing device VDMAD:
WIndows protection error. You need to restart you computer.

The same thing over and over.

Could someone please help me.

Thank you so much!

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by bdgray

Need a little more information. Are your adding memory or replacing it?

If you are adding memory...try removing your old memoery dimm and try booting up with just the new one. If it works fine then chances are that your new and old memory can'twork together. If it does not work the the memory stick is likely bad and you should exchange it for a new one.

by dmiles

This error message could come from a number of areas,the error code would have been more helpful,so let's go with what you have,it reads as though the error is caused by a device or driver conflict that memory is trying to sccess.If you can boot into safe mode try going to device manager and see if you have any yellow exclamation marks on any devices,if not boot into safe mode and choose step by step and type (Y) at hte end of each line.

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