technut36
11-18-2008, 06:59 PM
Hey guys, ran into a really wierd problem, back to back.
I installed 2x2GB of Dominator PC8500 in my UD3P, the system didn't boot. Anyhow after reseting the gphx card, and memory i was able to get into the bios but the pc would freeze after a 0.5-3 min of being in bios.
I cleared the cmos, reset some of the hardware again. this time i was able to start windows install and then I got a BSOD.
So I took out one stick and the system worked fine. Then I switched the stick and the pc booted fine again. Tried Dual and no boot. So it turns our that the dominator wont work in slots 3 and 4. Even when I plug the dominator stick that works in slot 1 & 2 into 3 & 4 it doesn't work.
I have a ocz reaper pc8000, which worked fine in dual or in single channel on all the slots. why does dominator not work on slots 3 and 4, any thoughts on this.
By the way this happened twice, i bought another set of dominator and same problem but again the ocz works fine. What the devil is going on? If by tonight i cannot resolve this i will pick up some other ram tomorrow and RMA this.
I installed 2x2GB of Dominator PC8500 in my UD3P, the system didn't boot. Anyhow after reseting the gphx card, and memory i was able to get into the bios but the pc would freeze after a 0.5-3 min of being in bios.
I cleared the cmos, reset some of the hardware again. this time i was able to start windows install and then I got a BSOD.
So I took out one stick and the system worked fine. Then I switched the stick and the pc booted fine again. Tried Dual and no boot. So it turns our that the dominator wont work in slots 3 and 4. Even when I plug the dominator stick that works in slot 1 & 2 into 3 & 4 it doesn't work.
I have a ocz reaper pc8000, which worked fine in dual or in single channel on all the slots. why does dominator not work on slots 3 and 4, any thoughts on this.
By the way this happened twice, i bought another set of dominator and same problem but again the ocz works fine. What the devil is going on? If by tonight i cannot resolve this i will pick up some other ram tomorrow and RMA this.