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Hey everybody :twisted:
I just got my new RAM delivered this morning, excited as i was with the 4GB (x2 2gb sticks). The RAM was bought from 'Patriot' i took out my old 2 RAM sticks, 512 each. I put in the new Patriot RAM and soon as i switched on the PC there was a continuous beeping and Windows XP would not start up, but it works fine with my old one.

I've attached my System Information as a CPU-Z report file so everything needed should be in there if not just ask =]

I was just wandering if there's anyway of getting this RAM to work so i don't have to send it back?

Thanks everyone =]

CPU-Z Report
CPU-Z version 1.31.

CPU(s)
Number of CPUs 2 (1 Physical)
CPU#1 APIC ID = 0
Name Intel Pentium 4 519
Code Name Prescott
Specification Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.06GHz
Family / Model / Stepping F 4 9
Extended Family / Model 0 0
Package LGA775
Core Stepping G1
Technology 90 nm
Supported Instructions Sets MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, EM64T
CPU Clock Speed 3058.9 MHz
Clock multiplier x 23.0
Front Side Bus Frequency 133.0 MHz
Bus Speed 532.0 MHz
L1 Data Cache 16 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size
L1 Trace Cache 12 Kµops, 8-way set associative
L2 Cache 1024 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size
L2 Speed 3058.9 MHz (Full)
L2 Location On Chip
L2 Data Prefetch Logic yes
L2 Bus Width 256 bits
CPU#2 APIC ID = 1
CPU Name Intel Pentium 4 519 (logical unit)

Mainboard and chipset
Motherboard manufacturer Packard Bell BV
Motherboard model GA-8TRC410M-NF, x.x
BIOS vendor Phoenix Technologies, LTD
BIOS revision 20Q
BIOS release date 07/19/2006
Chipset ATI ID5A33 rev. 01
Southbridge ATI SB400 rev. 80

Memory
# of memory modules 2
Module 0 Hyundai Electronics DDR2-SDRAM PC4300 - 512 MBytes
Module 1 Hyundai Electronics DDR2-SDRAM PC4300 - 512 MBytes

Software
Windows version Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
DirectX version 9.0c

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  CPU-Z version 1.31
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CPUID Output
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Number of CPUs			2 (1 Physical)

CPU #1
APIC ID				0
Name				Intel Pentium 4 519
Code name			Prescott
Specification			Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.06GHz
Family/Model/Stepping		F49
Extended Family/Model		0/0
Package				LGA775
Core Stepping			G1
Technology			90nm
Instructions Sets		MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, EM64T
Features			NX
Clock Speed			3059.0 MHz
Clock multiplier		x23.0
Front Side Bus Frequency	133.0 MHz
Bus Speed			532.0 MHz
Stock frequency			3066 MHz
L1 Data Cache			16 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size
L1 Trace Cache			12 Kops, 8-way set associative
L2 Cache			1024 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size
L2 Speed			3059.0 MHz (Full)
L2 Location			On Chip
L2 Data Prefetch Logic		yes
L2 Bus Width			256 bits

				eax		ebx		ecx		edx
Function 00000000		00000005	756e6547	6c65746e	49656e69
Function 00000001		00000f49	00020800	0000651d	bfebfbff
Function 00000002		605b5001	00000000	00000000	007c7040
Function 00000003		00000000	00000000	00000000	00000000
Function 00000004		00004121	01c0003f	0000001f	00000000
Function 00000004		00004143	01c0103f	000003ff	00000000
Function 00000005		00000040	00000040	00000000	00000000
Function 80000000		80000008	00000000	00000000	00000000
Function 80000001		00000000	00000000	00000001	20100000
Function 80000002		20202020	20202020	20202020	6e492020
Function 80000003		286c6574	50202952	69746e65	52286d75
Function 80000004		20342029	20555043	36302e33	007a4847
Function 80000005		00000000	00000000	00000000	00000000
Function 80000006		00000000	00000000	04006040	00000000
Function 80000007		00000000	00000000	00000000	00000000
Function 80000008		00003024	00000000	00000000	00000000

				edx		eax
MSR 0000002C			00000000	17110917
MSR 0000002A			00000000	00000000
MSR 00000017			00120000	00000000
MSR 000001A0			00000000	22A60081
MSR 0000008B			00000003	00000000

CPU #2 (logical unit)
APIC ID				1
Name				Intel Pentium 4 519
Code name			Prescott
Specification			Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.06GHz
Family/Model/Stepping		F49
Extended Family/Model		0/0
Package				LGA775
Core Stepping			G1
Technology			90nm
Instructions Sets		MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, EM64T
Features			NX
Clock Speed			3059.0 MHz
Clock multiplier		x23.0
Front Side Bus Frequency	133.0 MHz
Bus Speed			532.0 MHz
Stock frequency			3066 MHz
L1 Data Cache			16 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size
L1 Trace Cache			12 Kops, 8-way set associative
L2 Cache			1024 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size
L2 Speed			3059.0 MHz (Full)
L2 Location			On Chip
L2 Data Prefetch Logic		yes
L2 Bus Width			256 bits

				eax		ebx		ecx		edx
Function 00000000		00000005	756e6547	6c65746e	49656e69
Function 00000001		00000f49	01020800	0000651d	bfebfbff
Function 00000002		605b5001	00000000	00000000	007c7040
Function 00000003		00000000	00000000	00000000	00000000
Function 00000004		00004121	01c0003f	0000001f	00000000
Function 00000004		00004143	01c0103f	000003ff	00000000
Function 00000005		00000040	00000040	00000000	00000000
Function 80000000		80000008	00000000	00000000	00000000
Function 80000001		00000000	00000000	00000001	20100000
Function 80000002		20202020	20202020	20202020	6e492020
Function 80000003		286c6574	50202952	69746e65	52286d75
Function 80000004		20342029	20555043	36302e33	007a4847
Function 80000005		00000000	00000000	00000000	00000000
Function 80000006		00000000	00000000	04006040	00000000
Function 80000007		00000000	00000000	00000000	00000000
Function 80000008		00003024	00000000	00000000	00000000

				edx		eax
MSR 0000002C			00000000	17110917
MSR 0000002A			00000000	00000000
MSR 00000017			00120000	00000000
MSR 000001A0			00000000	22A60081
MSR 0000008B			00000003	00000000


Chipset
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Northbridge		ATI ID5A33 rev. 01
Southbridge		ATI SB400 rev. 80
Memory Type		
Memory Size		1024 MBytes


Memory SPD
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

DIMM #1

General
Memory type		DDR2-SDRAM
Manufacturer (ID)	Hyundai Electronics (AD00000000000000)
Size			512 MBytes
Max bandwidth		PC4300 (266 MHz)
Part number		HYMP564U64CP8-C4  
Serial number		00001132
Manufacturing date	Week 70/Year 06

Attributes
Number of banks		1
Data width		64 bits
Correction		None

Timings table
Frequency (MHz)		200	266	266	
CAS#			3.0	4.0	5.0	
RAS# to CAS# delay	3	4	4	
RAS# Precharge		3	4	4	
TRAS#			9	12	12	


DIMM #2

General
Memory type		DDR2-SDRAM
Manufacturer (ID)	Hyundai Electronics (AD00000000000000)
Size			512 MBytes
Max bandwidth		PC4300 (266 MHz)
Part number		HYMP564U64CP8-C4  
Serial number		00006018
Manufacturing date	Week 70/Year 06

Attributes
Number of banks		1
Data width		64 bits
Correction		None

Timings table
Frequency (MHz)		200	266	266	
CAS#			3.0	4.0	5.0	
RAS# to CAS# delay	3	4	4	
RAS# Precharge		3	4	4	
TRAS#			9	12	12	


Dump Module #1
      0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  A  B  C  D  E  F 
00   80 08 08 0E 0A 60 40 00 05 3D 50 00 82 08 00 00 
10   0C 04 38 01 02 00 07 3D 50 50 60 3C 1E 3C 2D 80 
20   25 37 10 22 3C 1E 1E 00 00 3C 69 80 1E 28 00 00 
30   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 12 B9 
40   AD 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 48 59 4D 50 35 36 34 
50   55 36 34 43 50 38 2D 43 34 20 20 41 42 06 46 00 
60   00 11 32 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 58 
70   44 36 42 4E 35 31 33 38 32 2D 30 35 00 00 00 00 


Dump Module #2
      0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  A  B  C  D  E  F 
00   80 08 08 0E 0A 60 40 00 05 3D 50 00 82 08 00 00 
10   0C 04 38 01 02 00 07 3D 50 50 60 3C 1E 3C 2D 80 
20   25 37 10 22 3C 1E 1E 00 00 3C 69 80 1E 28 00 00 
30   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 12 B9 
40   AD 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 48 59 4D 50 35 36 34 
50   55 36 34 43 50 38 2D 43 34 20 20 41 42 06 46 00 
60   00 60 18 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 58 
70   44 36 42 4E 35 31 33 38 32 2D 30 35 00 00 00 00 


Monitoring
------------------------------------------------------------------------------



PCI Device List
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Host Bridge
bus 0 (0x00), device 0 (0x00), function 0 (0x00)
Common header
	Vendor ID		0x1002
	Model ID		0x5A33
	Revision ID		0x01
	PI			0x00
	SubClass		0x00
	BaseClass		0x06
	Cache Line		0x00
	Latency			0x40
	Header			0x00
PCI header
	Address 0 (memory)	0xF4000000
	Address 1 (memory)	0xFDFFF000
	Address 3 (memory)	0xE0000000
	Subvendor ID		0x1002
	Subsystem ID		0x5A33
	Int. Line		0x00
	Int. Pin		0x00
Capabilities
	AGP Capability
		Version		2.0
		Status		disabled
		Max transfer	4x
		Queue lenght	3 (max 16)
		Dump
		00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B 
		02 00 20 00 17 02 00 0F 00 00 00 00 
Dump
	      0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  A  B  C  D  E  F 
	00   02 10 33 5A 06 00 30 22 01 00 00 06 00 40 00 00 
	10   08 00 00 F4 00 F0 FF FD 00 00 00 00 04 00 00 E0 
	20   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 10 33 5A 
	30   00 00 00 00 A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 
	40   09 02 11 60 58 50 45 05 00 00 00 00 42 70 04 00 
	50   02 10 33 5A 10 29 00 00 00 10 11 11 13 00 33 33 
	60   7F 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0A 27 00 E3 00 0B 65 
	70   00 01 20 20 84 84 88 84 84 50 00 11 85 43 32 18 
	80   00 00 00 00 94 14 00 00 30 00 10 00 01 25 00 C0 
	90   00 00 00 40 65 CA 94 01 00 00 0F 01 C3 8E 00 18 
	A0   02 00 20 00 17 02 00 0F 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 
	B0   00 02 00 00 30 0F 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 
	C0   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 
	D0   2B FF 0F 00 2B FF 4F 00 04 20 B0 30 C0 02 B0 19 
	E0   10 00 00 00 03 30 5B 80 5F 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 
	F0   1F 00 09 00 00 80 80 00 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 


PCI to PCI Bridge
bus 0 (0x00), device 2 (0x02), function 0 (0x00)
Common header
	Vendor ID		0x1002
	Model ID		0x5A34
	Revision ID		0x00
	PI			0x00
	SubClass		0x04
	BaseClass		0x06
	Cache Line		0x01
	Latency			0x00
	Header			0x01
PCI header
	Primary bus		0x00
	Secondary bus		0x01
	Int. Line		0xFF
	Int. Pin		0x00
Capabilities
	Power Management Capability
		Version		unknown (3)
		Dump
		00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 
		01 58 03 C8 00 00 00 00 
	PCI Express Capability
		Device type	Root Port of PCI-E Root Complex
		Port		0
		Version		1.0
		Physical slot	Integrated device
		Link width	16x (max 16x)
		Dump
		00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 0F 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 1A 1B 1C 1D 1E 1F 20 21 22 23 
		10 80 41 00 20 00 00 00 10 08 00 00 01 0D 00 00 00 00 01 11 80 25 00 00 C0 03 48 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 
	Message Signalled Interrupts Capability
		Dump
		00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 0F 10 11 12 13 
		05 B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 
	Subsystem Vendor Capability
		Subsystem ID	0x5A33
		Sub. Vendor ID	0x1002
	HyperTransport Capability
		Revision		0.0
		Interface type		MSI mapping
		Link width (in/out)	8 bits / 8 bits
		Link frequency		200MHz
		Dump
		00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 0F 
		08 00 03 A8 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 
Dump
	      0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  A  B  C  D  E  F 
	00   02 10 34 5A 07 00 10 00 00 00 04 06 01 00 01 00 
	10   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 01 00 E1 E1 00 00 
	20   00 F8 F0 FB 01 C0 F1 DF 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 
	30   00 00 00 00 50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 FF 00 08 00 
	40   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 
	50   01 58 03 C8 00 00 00 00 10 80 41 00 20 00 00 00 
	60   10 08 00 00 01 0D 00 00 00 00 01 11 80 25 00 00 
	70   C0 03 48 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 
	80   05 B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 
	90   00 00 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 
	A0   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 
	B0   0D B8 00 00 02 10 33 5A 08 00 03 A8 00 00 00 00 
	C0   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 
	D0   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 
	E0   A0 00 00 00 1F 00 00 C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 
	F0   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0
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This is a classic post-upgrade checklist for the symptom reported here (continuous POST beeps and no boot). confirmed the new sticks were faulty, but the sequence below helps diagnose whether the problem is bad RAM, a bad slot, or a compatibility/BIOS setting — and it saves you an unnecessary return.

Start with the fastest checks: power down, unplug, discharge yourself, then test one new DIMM alone in the board’s primary memory slot. If it still beeps, try that same DIMM in a different slot. If one stick works but the pair fails, either the second stick is bad or the board requires matched-pair placement (see your manual). ’s single-stick suggestion is the simplest first step and often tells you the story.

If hardware seating looks fine, run a bootable memory tester (Memtest86 or similar) for several passes to catch intermittent faults. Clear the CMOS or load BIOS defaults before changing timings/voltage; set memory to Auto/JEDEC if you changed anything. and were right to flag type/speed — verify the DIMM type (e.g., DDR2 vs DDR3), voltage, and that the board actually supports the module density and size you installed. On older boards a BIOS update sometimes resolves compatibility with newer high-density modules.

If a stick fails in multiple slots or fails Memtest on another machine, it is defective — arrange an RMA. For future upgrades, test modules individually before full installation, consult the motherboard memory support list, and remember a 32-bit OS will not show the full 4GB of physical RAM (use a 64-bit OS to access the full amount).

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Member Avatar for sittas87

hey
ram can sumtimes be very tricky so check that your new ram has the folowing
RAM type-DDR2 PC4200
also you only have 2 slots cos otherwise check weather you have dual channel.
????

Member Avatar for caperjack

did you try it with just one of the new sticks in !

Member Avatar for jbennet

i think you baught the wrong speed ram

Member Avatar for CleverBrekka

All solved, was faulty =D

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