I think my RAM got a hold of me...

[ShinRa]

You guys know that i bought all the new parts, except for the RAM. Now last night i shut my computer off, everything was fine. I went to turn it on this morning, and right after the windows xp loading screen was done, my computer restarted, and kept doing that over and over and over again. I tried taking each of the RAM sticks out, one at a time. But they both gave me no luck. Now, the only thing in my computer that isn't new is the RAM which i took from the old computer. Can it still be the RAM that is the problem? And if not what can i do?

 

[Top Secret]

Yeah, I think it's the ram. Had the same thing happen to me. I ended up formatting, and even then I would get blue screens. Took out a stick, no-luck. Took out the other stick. Ahhhh, found the culprit. Second Ballistix to go bad on me. >.< Damn Crucial.

 

[Glirk Dient]

Could be crappy power supply. Or another one of the new parts.

 

[Fliko]

Make sure ram is in the slot correctly, it could be out by a bit. Don't force the ram in either.

 

[TheGrimSweeper]

mess around with the timing in BIOS.

 

[JNightshade]

Well, I'd say, make sure the RAM is in slot 1 and 2 (rather than 2 and 3) but I'm pretty sure then your computer just wouldn't start up at all.

 

[ShinRa]

is it possible both sticks are messed up?

also, my friend posted this thread for me from his comp. its me shinra now. im talking to you guys on a second setup of windows xp. there are currently 2 setups of windows xp on this hd. i know thats not safe but i had no choice. i absolutely CANNOT lose the files that are on this drive. of course, everything i need is in the my documents folder on the other xp setup, and theres no way for me to get to that folder from here. so i need to find a way to get my documents off of the old xp install, or a way to reinstall the windows xp files without deleting everything. i CANNOT lose this data so PLEASE help.

 

[psyno]

You're kidding right? Are you telling us you still haven't checked it, despite benig advised to emphatically 3 weeks ago?