RAM memory in slots 1 and 3 - GoFuckYourself.com

Biggy · 09-14-2005, 10:08 AM

after an OS is installed, if you slip ram into slots 1 and 3, will that cause the PC to malfunction? I have 2 - 1 gig sticks.

I had gig sticks in slots in 1 and 2, the pc was rebooting, it was a RAM issue. Ran mem test, got errors right away. I pulled the ram in slot 2 out, ran mem test, it passed fine. took it out, put the other ram in slot 1, ran the test - and it came out fine too...

any ideas, what started it was my pc was just randomly rebooting every few hours. i turned off restarts on system failure and woke up to a blue screen of death with this error: "page_default_in_nonpaged_area"

thinking about putting it in slots 1 and 3, but before when i first built it, i had this set up and it wasnt allowing me to install windows until it was in order..

tedwinters · 09-14-2005, 10:10 AM

hummm, shouldn't really matter..
additionally, new computers/ram run in dual channel where they REQUIRE being in slots 1&3 with 2 chips, and then 2&4 if you have 4 chips

KRL · 09-14-2005, 10:11 AM

Depending on the board mfr they usually recommend specific slots. Should be in your manual.

Sosa · 09-14-2005, 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by tedwinters

hummm, shouldn't really matter..
additionally, new computers/ram run in dual channel where they REQUIRE being in slots 1&3 with 2 chips, and then 2&4 if you have 4 chips

not all motherboards are like that...

Biggy · 09-14-2005, 10:25 AM

slots 1 and 3 didnt work, could be faulty ram with the motherboard.

09-14-2005, 10:08 AM	#1
Biggy Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 1,595	RAM memory in slots 1 and 3 after an OS is installed, if you slip ram into slots 1 and 3, will that cause the PC to malfunction? I have 2 - 1 gig sticks. I had gig sticks in slots in 1 and 2, the pc was rebooting, it was a RAM issue. Ran mem test, got errors right away. I pulled the ram in slot 2 out, ran mem test, it passed fine. took it out, put the other ram in slot 1, ran the test - and it came out fine too... any ideas, what started it was my pc was just randomly rebooting every few hours. i turned off restarts on system failure and woke up to a blue screen of death with this error: "page_default_in_nonpaged_area" thinking about putting it in slots 1 and 3, but before when i first built it, i had this set up and it wasnt allowing me to install windows until it was in order..

09-14-2005, 10:11 AM	#3
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09-14-2005, 10:10 AM	#2
tedwinters Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Montreal/Calgary Posts: 672	hummm, shouldn't really matter.. additionally, new computers/ram run in dual channel where they REQUIRE being in slots 1&3 with 2 chips, and then 2&4 if you have 4 chips

09-14-2005, 10:25 AM	#5
Biggy Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 1,595	slots 1 and 3 didnt work, could be faulty ram with the motherboard.