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  • 03-04-2006 09:33AM
    #1
    Chrissy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 141 ✭✭


    I'm V sorry as I know I prob shouldn't be doing this BUT:-

    I've posted a problem in the Computing Section. (but I know there are a lot more eyes around After Hours)

    If anyone here feels they're a dab hand at the oul tech support, could you please have a read in the Computing Section & give me some suggestions cos I'm beat:confused:

    Sorry again, but I'm desperate for help!!


Comments

  • #2
    Ozzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 376 ✭✭Ozzy


    Yay another locked thread to add to my collection!
    3 in a row, hat-trick.. back of the net!

    Try unplugging the flux capacitor


  • #3
    Oriel
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,154 ✭✭✭Oriel


    There may be a lot more eyes here, but the ones that actually know anything are over in the computers section.


  • #4
    danniemcq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,163 ✭✭✭✭danniemcq


    you shoulda bought a gibson


  • #5
    Peace
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,758 ✭✭✭Peace


    Shoulda gone to spec savers.


  • #6
    Chrissy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 141 ✭✭Chrissy


    Yis are funny!!!:rolleyes:
    sinecurea wrote:
    There may be a lot more eyes here, but the ones that actually know anything are over in the computers section

    Yea, I know, just in case anyone had any inspiraton!
    Would try anything at this stage, if it sounded in any way plausible at all


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  • #7
    monkeyfudge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,216 ✭✭✭✭monkeyfudge


    You have to turn your main finger topwise. TOPWISE!


  • #8
    Rb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭Rb


    danniemcq wrote:
    you shoulda bought a gibson
    I agree, Gibson's are uber-l33t.


  • #9
    aidan_dunne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,265 ✭✭✭aidan_dunne


    Are you sure it's plugged in?

    Well, have you tried turning it off and on again?* ;):D


















    any other fans of 'The IT Crowd' in the house? ;)


  • #10
    R0ot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,473 ✭✭✭R0ot


    IT crowd kicks ass, love the auto answer machine :D


  • #11
    Rb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭Rb


    Link to the thread she's referring to.
    Maybe some nice person with a bit of computer knowledge will help her out.


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  • #12
    danniemcq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,163 ✭✭✭✭danniemcq


    /puts on serious voice

    when 2 sticks of RAM are in the machine is it not true that it will only be as quick as the lowest spec stick.

    also with DDR the 2 sticks have to be the same (2*512 or 2*256 etc) is it the same with SD?


  • #13
    Chrissy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 141 ✭✭Chrissy


    danniemcq wrote:
    /when 2 sticks of RAM are in the machine is it not true that it will only be as quick as the lowest spec stick.

    No, this is NOT true. It should be as quick as stick one plue stick 2, unless the maximum Ram limit of the motherboard / bios (not sure which controls this) is less than the chips you're putting in.

    I.E. PC limited to 256MB ram (128 per port)
    If you put in two 256MB Chips in each port, the most ram you can expect is still 256MB


  • #14
    Oriel
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,154 ✭✭✭Oriel


    Chrissy wrote:
    No, this is NOT true.
    You are wrong.


  • #15
    Chrissy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 141 ✭✭Chrissy


    sinecurea wrote:
    You are wrong.

    No, I'm NOT

    Or, explain to me how I'm wrong!!


  • #16
    danniemcq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,163 ✭✭✭✭danniemcq


    Chrissy wrote:
    No, this is NOT true. It should be as quick as stick one plue stick 2, unless the maximum Ram limit of the motherboard / bios (not sure which controls this) is less than the chips you're putting in.

    sorry to use an old saying here but it's only as fast as it's slowest piece

    ie no point gettin some 100mb/s cable when the router to sever is only a 10mb/s line. the max speed will be 10mb/s no matter what.


  • #17
    Chrissy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 141 ✭✭Chrissy


    Not in this case!!!

    I work with this stuff every day. (which is why I'm so p!ssed off that I can't solve this particular prob, anyway....)

    I'm right. 1000% If you have a 32MB chip of ram, you have a spare slot, you decide to upgrade, you buy a 64MB chip.

    you won't still have 32MB of ram (what'd be the point of you buying a new chip), you now have 96MB of Ram.

    There is no question whether this is right or wrong, this is 1000% correct


  • #18
    Gordon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,522 ✭✭✭✭Gordon


    How much money would you bet someone on that?


  • #19
    Chrissy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 141 ✭✭Chrissy


    I don't bet.

    All I want is instead of people just saying you're wrong, I want them to tell me why I'm wrong.

    Until then, I'm sticking with I'm right.

    In my frustration last night, I tried all versions of Ram in the PC.
    (Have 2 old 16MB chips lying around also.

    I put 1 32Mb in, surprisingly, I had 32MB ram.
    I put 2x32 in, I had 64 MB ram.
    I put a 16 & a 32 in, I had 48MB ram.
    All of these working.
    (So, doesn't the last one prove that I'm right?? or is what you're trying to say something different??)
    I also put the 256MB in with the 32MB, & yes, this didn't work (for whatever so far, unexplained reason) the Bios still read that the PC had 288 (well actually 287) MB of ram installed, not 32MB (as some of you are suggesting it should.)

    If you can, just explain to me why I'm wrong & I'll back down, no prob.

    &, as an aside, this isn't really solving my actual prob, is it?


  • #20
    Gordon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,522 ✭✭✭✭Gordon


    This is Afterhours, you won't get many serious replies on a thread that has been put on this forum simply to pimp another thread that you have on the computer forum.

    It's simply not on doing that just for more "eyes" to see your problem. Imagine if even one tenth of threads started on boards were duplicated on to Afterhours - I reckon that would fill up a couple of pages on the forum wouldn't you?


  • #21
    Guru Maith Agut
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 968 ✭✭✭Guru Maith Agut


    Chrissy wrote:
    I don't bet.

    All I want is instead of people just saying you're wrong, I want them to tell me why I'm wrong.

    Until then, I'm sticking with I'm right.

    In my frustration last night, I tried all versions of Ram in the PC.
    (Have 2 old 16MB chips lying around also.

    I put 1 32Mb in, surprisingly, I had 32MB ram.
    I put 2x32 in, I had 64 MB ram.
    I put a 16 & a 32 in, I had 48MB ram.
    All of these working.
    (So, doesn't the last one prove that I'm right?? or is what you're trying to say something different??)
    I also put the 256MB in with the 32MB, & yes, this didn't work (for whatever so far, unexplained reason) the Bios still read that the PC had 288 (well actually 287) MB of ram installed, not 32MB (as some of you are suggesting it should.)

    If you can, just explain to me why I'm wrong & I'll back down, no prob.

    &, as an aside, this isn't really solving my actual prob, is it?

    Stick to the Comp section then and they'll tell you why your wrong/right. In here we don't really care. This is not pc speak! Ever think of running as a politician? (they're never wrong either) :rolleyes:


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  • #22
    Chrissy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 141 ✭✭Chrissy


    TBH, When I posted here, I thought it'd be locked right away, which I was happy with happening.
    I didn't intend for people to post here.
    I hoped, those who know a bit about It (but maybe don't regularly look at the computing section) would see this, go to computing & reply to be there, with some proper advice, not the nonsense that has went on here.

    Yes, this thread has been here long enough & not one person can give any suggestions, so feel free to lock, move, dump in recycle bin, whatever.

    Thanks.


  • #23
    Gordon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,522 ✭✭✭✭Gordon


    Sure, this is giving your problem maximum visibility, we're just helping you out by bumping the thread.

    Have you tried going to the shop and asking them?


  • #24
    Guru Maith Agut
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 968 ✭✭✭Guru Maith Agut


    Chrissy wrote:
    TBH, When I posted here, I thought it'd be locked right away,

    So why post then?? People have been repremanded and banned for less.. Its a pointless double post imho. Thats why Forums have different sections dude :p


  • #25
    Adam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,866 ✭✭✭Adam


    Chrissy, I had a similar problem myself once. I had a relatively new system, had a 128 and a 64 in it, cant remember the type of RAM though. So then I got a stick of 512 and swapped it with the 64 and was told on boot up that I had something like 384Mb of RAM.... Where that number came from I'll never know! But I never got the full 640 out of the two...and the max capacity was 1 gig so that wasn't the problem with me either.

    RAM is finnicky stuff! What happens if you put just the 256 in? And try that in both slots for troubleshooting reference.


  • #26
    Chrissy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 141 ✭✭Chrissy


    Thanks Fade to grey.
    Absolutely nothing happens.
    PC won't start in any way, the monitor light won't even turn to green.
    The fan spins, the hard drive thinks about doing something for a second & then nothing, it just sits there.

    the only way I can it to boot (even though not a successful boot) is to have the 32 in the 1st slot & the 256 in the 2nd slot.


  • #27
    Adam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,866 ✭✭✭Adam


    Very interesting... there's are sometimes control options in the bios for individual RAM slots. But to be honest i think irlrobin has answered your question in your original thread. It has to be a problem with the 256 stick, maybe its simply faulty, or like irlrobin said it needs a specific chip on it. The problem is there, so contact some suppliers and ask around!


  • #28
    Chrissy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 141 ✭✭Chrissy


    Yea, the chip's not faulty as I've put it in another PC no prob.

    I've emailed the website he mentioned, but I suppose unless I promise to send some yo-yo's their way, I'll hear nothing back.

    I'm just already out €150ish, don't want to be out more, but it looks like that's going to be the case.

    thanks


  • #29
    Macker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 907 ✭✭✭Macker


    Did you try flash the bios to the latest ver


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