Problem with RAM

[zungul]

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From Motherboard Specification.

 

[ThrashZone]

Seems your system spec's are wrong or not this machine with the issue ?
HP and Compaq Desktop PCs - Motherboard Specifications, PTGD1-LA (Grouper) | HP(R) Customer Support

[LIST]
[*]Four 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets
[*]Supports PC3200 (400 MHz) /PC2700 (333 MHz) / PC2100 (266 MHz) DDR DIMM type
[*]Maximum HP/Compaq approved memory module is 4GB (4 x 1GB)
[/LIST]

 

[zungul]

hi is exactly one:

Supports PC3200 (400 MHz) CPU FSB 533 /PC2700 (333 MHz) / PC2100 (266 MHz) DDR DIMM type

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
According to your image you posted of the dimm's
I guess this little over 1gb hardware reserved is normal unfortunately :/
Contact H-P support to confirm is all I can say.

 

[johnhoh]

my interpretation of his image is that when 4 diims are installed the motherboard tries to run them in dual channel.

zungul - there should be a QVL Memory list for your specific motherboard model. Can you find the qvl memory list for your board and verify that your exact dimm brand and module are on that list?

here is a sample qvl for one board (not yours) that shows what i mean. you need to find this list for your motherboard.


qvl list


when people get a large hardware reserved report when running dual channel, it is usually because their memory is not on the qvl list imo

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
Yep I've asked several times where the memory came from and what brand and have not gotten a response

Show the memory and SPD images using this
CPU-Z | Softwares | CPUID

 

[zungul]

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I ALREADY answered for your question about What kind memor. #28
From the computer store (NEW). I don't really understand your question about from where they come.
This is not new purchase I have them already about one year nd they were working perfect.
I told this already 4X in this topic.

 

[johnhoh]

"I ALREADY answered for your question about What kind memor. #28"

yes you did, one time in a 7 page thread, you did indeed say exactly what kind of memory you have. Hopefully you can forgive Thrash for not being aware of that.

"This is not a new purchase I have them already about one year and they were working perfect."

Yes, they were working perfectly at 2.75GB useable. They have been at 2.75GB usable since the day you got them. The odds that they were at 4.0GB usable a month ago then suddenly dropped down to 2.75GB are infinitesimally small.

You really need to update your profile system specs. People here who try to help you (for free) are looking at your hardware specs and thinking you are on an ASUS P5K Deluxe/WiFi-AP motherboard. The fact that you said once, in a post a few pages back, that you are actually running an Asus PTGD1-LA (HP Goldfish3), is probably something that few here are aware of. If your profile specs were accurate for your memory and your motherboard, you would find that people are better able to help you.

Having said that, neither HP nor ASUS have published a Memory QVL for that board that I can find.

Power supplies all work with any system if they are rated high enough. Graphics cards work with any system they can attach to. Same with Hard Drives. But memory is different! Because of the unique timing challenges of dual channel that I outlined in post #55, memory is not compatible with a motherboard just because the specs match, it MUST be qualified by the maker of the motherboard for you to be sure it will work perfectly. Your memory is "Value Select", which is a low-end product. It is obvious that it is not fully compatible with your motherboard. No biggie though, because its also not the problem here.

Here's what I think. Your computer slowed down a few days ago and in post #14 you concluded that this is because you are running with 2.75GB of memory instead of 4.00GB. I assert the following as facts:

1) your computer is running slowly and/or poorly
2) Your system has been running with only 2.75GB since the day you put in the memory, which was not a problem a year ago and is not a problem now.
3) Memory is not the problem here. There is some other problem and we need to start over.

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
I would add
4) Are you using a graphic's card or onboard graphic's

 

[zungul]

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Graphic Card: 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 6200

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
Well you could remove it and use onboard graphic's and see if the issue changes :/

 

[zungul]

The same !

 

[zungul]

Hi, Is there any chance to fix this problem?

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
If you have another hard drive or ssd reinstall windows on it and see if the present install is corrupt :/
Otherwise the only other test is to replace the ram with another brand so it is sort of an expensive test

 

[zungul]

Ok, I'll try this.