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first of all I have 1 stick RAM only: 2GB ddr2 800
my MB is:Newegg.com - ECS A780GM-M3 AM2+/AM3 AMD 780G Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
Its manual says I should be able to switch the RAM stik in either one of the 2 available slots, however it doesn t work like that.
When I unplug the stick from the actal slot and i place it into the otherone, the MB will not even POST.
If I just remove the RAM completely, MB will POST and will report beep codes for missing RAM.
So I did put the stick back and the original slot and the MB will POST normally. Almost normally, because however at the first 2 attempts to POST and get into OS, the MB was stuck at the very first part of the video info on screen, unable to even get into BIOS settings.
After 2 attempts MB started POST correctly and was able to get into BIOS correctly. The issue didn t repeat anymore. After that always loaded Windows correctly. Howevercrashes now seems to be way more frequent.
I already ordered another stick or RAM. My path at the moment is testing a new stick of RAM first (cheap enough) and then if still is having issues I will replace the MB. I start to believe is the MB, however an extra stick of RAM is never a good idea to have :)
I actually do not believe there is any PSU implication in all of this, mostly because as i said, manual says I could set the ram in either one of the 2 slots, but is not happening, leaving me to think the MB controller is at fault.