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ramdas Original post #1
Apr 16, 2008 at 12:25 PM
Hello Guys
I am Abhishek I am facing a problem in my system
My system restarts after some time and shows message windows have encountered a serious problem ( words are not same) .
I have a P4 3.0 Ghzs 1 GB ram 915 Intel Motheroard

I have currently installes a ram 512 mb (DDR 400) with my old 256 X 2 ram (DDR 333)

both my old rams are in same colour slot and other is in other slot .
shift
shift #2
Apr 16, 2008 at 1:57 PM
u can only install ram that are of the same frequency and speed
john_the_ultimate
Apr 17, 2008 at 6:26 AM
Not really, you can have rams of different frequency, only that it will run at a frequency of the slower module. So the higher speed one will get underclocked.

But it is always adviced to have rams of same specs.

@ramdas
Try to repair your windows installation. Firstly, take out one of the ram modules and see if the problem still exists, same way check the other module also.
ravi_9793
Apr 17, 2008 at 9:16 AM
Try windows in safe mode once..and see the result.
rameeze
rameeze #5
Apr 17, 2008 at 1:16 PM
It can be due to overheating, check the processor fan clean it and check
BBThumbHealer
Apr 17, 2008 at 7:09 PM
@ Ramdas , don't ignore the possibility of Windows getting corrupt !
amitash
amitash #7
Apr 17, 2008 at 8:27 PM
P3s a known to run hot..maybe its overheating...or maybe ur PSU is failing u...