Win 7 Pro - 4Gb Ram Blank Screen at Boot

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When I add 4GB ram to my Windows Pro 64bit, it freezes with a blank screen on Boot up.
If I go to devices and set the Graphics device to VGA it boots up with no problem. This tells me it is the Graphics card (NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT) It works fine using 2GB RAM.
I have updated the NVIDIA driver from the NVIDIA site.
Does anyone know how to get around this problem?
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 7 Professional 64 bitAthlon (tm) 64 x 2 Dual core Processor 5200+ ...2 GBNVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
AMD
OS
Windows 7 Professional 64 bit
CPU
Athlon (tm) 64 x 2 Dual core Processor 5200+ 2.60 GHz
Motherboard
AMD S-Series 64 Athlon GA-MA69VM-S2
Memory
2 GB
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
Sound Card
on board AC'97 Codec
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung Syncmaster 226BW
Internet Speed
3.6 Mbps

My Computer My Computer

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Windows 10 Pro x64, Arch LinuxIntel Core 2 Quad Q8200 OC'd 3.08GHz8GB DDR2 900MhzMSI GT730 2GB GDDR5 (Kepler)
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom Build
OS
Windows 10 Pro x64, Arch Linux
CPU
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 OC'd 3.08GHz
Motherboard
Asus Rampage formula LGA775
Memory
8GB DDR2 900Mhz
Graphics Card(s)
MSI GT730 2GB GDDR5 (Kepler)
Sound Card
Supreme FX2
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung LS22F350 LED
Screen Resolution
1080P
Hard Drives
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB, 500GB Hitachi, 2TB Samsung, 500GB Seagate FreeAgent, 640GB Samsung, 160GB Toshiba (Arch)
PSU
AeroCool 500W Bronze
Cooling
Cooler Master V6 + 3X fans
Keyboard
Prolink keyboard
Mouse
Logitech M705
Internet Speed
1MiB/s
Browser
Chrome Beta
Tested all my memory using Memtest86+
So far it has done 6 passes with zero errors

Stopped the memory testing as all is good. No errors at all.

Don't know what to do now. Must be the Graphics card and Window 7
Any more suggestions?
 
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My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 7 Professional 64 bitAthlon (tm) 64 x 2 Dual core Processor 5200+ ...2 GBNVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
AMD
OS
Windows 7 Professional 64 bit
CPU
Athlon (tm) 64 x 2 Dual core Processor 5200+ 2.60 GHz
Motherboard
AMD S-Series 64 Athlon GA-MA69VM-S2
Memory
2 GB
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
Sound Card
on board AC'97 Codec
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung Syncmaster 226BW
Internet Speed
3.6 Mbps
I have tested my memory and there is no problem with it at all.
I still have no solution to the screen going blank.
Any help out there?
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 7 Professional 64 bitAthlon (tm) 64 x 2 Dual core Processor 5200+ ...2 GBNVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
AMD
OS
Windows 7 Professional 64 bit
CPU
Athlon (tm) 64 x 2 Dual core Processor 5200+ 2.60 GHz
Motherboard
AMD S-Series 64 Athlon GA-MA69VM-S2
Memory
2 GB
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
Sound Card
on board AC'97 Codec
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung Syncmaster 226BW
Internet Speed
3.6 Mbps

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 10 Pro x64, Arch LinuxIntel Core 2 Quad Q8200 OC'd 3.08GHz8GB DDR2 900MhzMSI GT730 2GB GDDR5 (Kepler)
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom Build
OS
Windows 10 Pro x64, Arch Linux
CPU
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 OC'd 3.08GHz
Motherboard
Asus Rampage formula LGA775
Memory
8GB DDR2 900Mhz
Graphics Card(s)
MSI GT730 2GB GDDR5 (Kepler)
Sound Card
Supreme FX2
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung LS22F350 LED
Screen Resolution
1080P
Hard Drives
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB, 500GB Hitachi, 2TB Samsung, 500GB Seagate FreeAgent, 640GB Samsung, 160GB Toshiba (Arch)
PSU
AeroCool 500W Bronze
Cooling
Cooler Master V6 + 3X fans
Keyboard
Prolink keyboard
Mouse
Logitech M705
Internet Speed
1MiB/s
Browser
Chrome Beta
It is all working fine now. got 6GB memory installed

Updated the BIOS and all is working fine now.
Thanks for the help. Your a star. :cool:
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 7 Professional 64 bitAthlon (tm) 64 x 2 Dual core Processor 5200+ ...2 GBNVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
AMD
OS
Windows 7 Professional 64 bit
CPU
Athlon (tm) 64 x 2 Dual core Processor 5200+ 2.60 GHz
Motherboard
AMD S-Series 64 Athlon GA-MA69VM-S2
Memory
2 GB
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
Sound Card
on board AC'97 Codec
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung Syncmaster 226BW
Internet Speed
3.6 Mbps

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 10 Pro x64, Arch LinuxIntel Core 2 Quad Q8200 OC'd 3.08GHz8GB DDR2 900MhzMSI GT730 2GB GDDR5 (Kepler)
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom Build
OS
Windows 10 Pro x64, Arch Linux
CPU
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 OC'd 3.08GHz
Motherboard
Asus Rampage formula LGA775
Memory
8GB DDR2 900Mhz
Graphics Card(s)
MSI GT730 2GB GDDR5 (Kepler)
Sound Card
Supreme FX2
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung LS22F350 LED
Screen Resolution
1080P
Hard Drives
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB, 500GB Hitachi, 2TB Samsung, 500GB Seagate FreeAgent, 640GB Samsung, 160GB Toshiba (Arch)
PSU
AeroCool 500W Bronze
Cooling
Cooler Master V6 + 3X fans
Keyboard
Prolink keyboard
Mouse
Logitech M705
Internet Speed
1MiB/s
Browser
Chrome Beta
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