From: kayhyphenarcher-mail.com@antispam.com   
      
   "Dave_28"  wrote in message   
   news:vlnekjas5j8s80@corp.supernews.com...   
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   > I tried rearranging the RAM chips. I definitely think this is part of the   
   > problem. There are 4 of them. I tdid get farther after switching them   
   > around. I then decided to try to narrow down the bad one by taking one out   
   > and trying it without it. The best combination seems to be when I take the   
   2   
   > that appear to be newer out. They have green tags on them the other 2   
   don't.   
   > With those 2 out it seems to have more memeory than it did before. It's   
   > faster and setup will now go beyond the screen that tells me it's copying   
   > files needed for the setup wizard. It does still freeze though right after   
   > the user agreement screen. It won't go farther than that. Could all the   
   RAM   
   > be bad?   
   >   
   Yes.   
   Is there _any_ error message or just freezing?   
      
   It is also (slightly) possible that the video card may be a problem.   
      
   I forgot to mention that some motherboards required RAM in pairs (a few in   
   quads).   RAM usually needs to be matched for speed.  Look at the numbers on   
   the chips, and especially numbers following a hyphen.  These two or three   
   number should match, e.g., -60, -070.  For more information use your   
   favorite search engine for: "refresh rate" "ns" "RAM"   
      
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