Ha ha! I wish. If I'd wanted to just do that I would have put the specs in
a .sig and posted some commented about how great it was to have all the RAM.

dl




"Greg" wrote:

> admit is. you really just wanted to boast about your computer? you don't
> have any problems with vista and your system ram.
>
> "darklex" <darklex@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:407925A1-F6FA-455C-BCA1-519219C306B7@microsoft.com...
> > Hi
> >
> > I have the following setup:
> > MSI P6N Diamond motherboard
> > Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 Quad core CPU
> > 8GB RAM: 4 x 2GB Mushkin 800 mHz DDR2
> > MSI NX8800 Ultra OC video card
> > PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750W PSU
> > WD Raptor 74GB 10K SATA HD (used as boot drive)
> > Hitachi Deskstar 1TB
> > Lite-On Blu-Ray burner
> > 3 x Seagate Barracuda 750GB SATA HDs
> > Silverstone TJ07-S full tower case
> > Dell 3007 30" monitor with USB hub
> >
> > I am having trouble getting Vista to run on my system with a full memory
> > configuration, despite the fact that XP32 installs just fine. Having done
> > research I knew that it can help to have <3gb installed, so I started with
> > that. Here is the story so far:
> >
> > -I only have 1 x 2GB stick in the machine and unplug all drives except for
> > boot and BD drive. (I do this so I don't get bizarre drive letters where
> > the
> > BD ends up being the last letter and the CompactFlash drives are in front
> > my
> > my data drives).
> > -Install XP32 on the first partition of my 74gb boot, no problems
> > -Install Vista Ultimate 64 on the second partition, also no problems
> > -Install all drivers in XP32 and Vista. So far so good.
> > -Download the plethora of updates for Vista. KB929777 is not one of them.
> > I download it anyway and install it, it says that this update is not
> > compatible with my system.
> > -Install 8gb and test each install. XP32 only sees 3, but that's fine.
> > Vista sees 8GB - yes!!!
> > -Connect 1 additional HD and try both systems again. XP32 boots fine.
> > Vista BSODs with the standard error, 0x00007 etc etc.
> > -I remove the 6GB from my moboard, and retry. Vista runs fine. XP32 of
> > course does as well. I connect the other drives in a piecemeal fashion,
> > booting each OS individually after each connection and checking that I can
> > see each drive.
> > -After all drives are connected and I've tested them, I put the 6GB back
> > and
> > cross my fingers. I boot Vista and success!! I see the drives, I see my
> > memory, life is good.
> > -My intuition at this point is that if Vista with full memory sees a new
> > storage device upon boot before it's had a chance to fully load itself it
> > immediately vomits, while if it only has 2gb it's fine. If it has already
> > built a picture of its devices from before that it doesn't do this, hence
> > it's ok to run 8GB.
> > -I close the case, shove it under my desk, and connect everything,
> > including
> > the USB hub in my monitor. I boot into Vista and sure enough it has the
> > same
> > BSOD!
> > -(I start to get a bit annoyed at this point...) I remove the machine from
> > under the desk, open it up, yank the 6GB out, reboot. Vista works fine.
> > I
> > reinstall the 6GB, figuring it was going to be as before as per my
> > intuition,
> > but it still BSODs. I disconnect the hub but it continues to fail. I
> > remove
> > the 6gb again and it's fine. I connect the hub and it's fine. I satisfy
> > myself that the hub and 8gb don't like each other, and now 8gb without the
> > hub doesn't work either.
> > -I decide to try something different. I have all of my drives connected
> > (including the hub) and reinstall Vista (with only 2GB). Of course now
> > with
> > the new drive letters this install of Vista destroys the dual boot
> > function,
> > so I lose my XP32... After Vista installs I slap in the 6GB, and it
> > works!
> > -I now have to reinstall XP32 fully with all drives connected and then I
> > will (yet again!) reinstall Vista in order to get my dual boot back. That
> > means I will have installed Vista at least 5 times during this process.
> >
> > So this is where I currently stand. I have ascertained that Vista with
> > more
> > than 2GB just can't handle a new storage device being added. Adding a
> > storage device and then booting Vista somehow updates the table of storage
> > devices, which means you can then add more memory. Adding a storage
> > device
> > with 8GB definitely blows up the system, from which you may recover by
> > removing the memory and maybe you won't, as with the hub.
> >
> > The 929777 hotfix does not seem to do anything. I have not overclocked my
> > machine in any way, and I've run Prime95 on it while in XP32 and have had
> > no
> > problems.
> >
> > Has anyone else been able to get Vista64 running stably on a machine with
> > 8GB? I bought Vista in order to run more memory and it's deeply
> > frustrating
> > that I can only get it to run reliably with 2GB - it kills much of the
> > reason
> > to have Vista.
> >
> > thx
> > dl
> >
>
>
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