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lagostefano-l
April 4th, 2014, 10:08 AM
My problem is this.
Recently I bought a set of ram, the reason is for upgrade not because I had a problem , but because I want to do a dual boot.
After placing both ram in the computer motherboard it wont boot, and stuck in black screen showing the option that says to click if you want to get into the BIOS (ESC) or where to boot from (DEL). When this happened, the keyboard does not work .

So no available testing with both ram on the m/b.
The following applies for the set of ram tested both chips but individually (one at a time) on each slot of motherboard every time .
The first enters and when I open the terminal and the command "sudo lshw" and code it crashes, the same happens if I try to open a browser.
The second gives me the result of "sudo lshw", but after a quick period it crashes too (by crashing I mean that GUI freeze).
In short , after a few seconds you will get stuck with both of them.

So far I tried and checked:
1) To run memtest from grub (with each chip separately) and after login to blue screen it restarts automatically – I suppose it fails.
2) To run from LiveCD 12.04 & 13.10. It shows that with 13.10 it can keep going a little longer and running smoother but eventually it will freeze.
3) I checked for faulty capacitors on the motherboard.

So far I really need to try these ram on another pc just to confirm they are not damaged –but I don’t have this option yet.
There is possibility that the motherboard need the last two updates after it’s version installed –but I don’t have the proper equipment for this (UPS) or the knowledge.


Summary:
sudo lshw

desktop
description: Desktop Computer
product: To Be Filled By O.E.M. (To Be Filled By O.E.M.)
vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
serial: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
width: 64 bits
capabilities: vsyscall32
configuration: chassis=desktop family=To Be Filled By O.E.M. sku=To Be Filled By O.E.M. uuid=0593C46A-1E02-2911-C383-D027881540E7
*-core
description: Motherboard
product: H55MXV Series
vendor: Foxconn
physical id: 0
version: 1.0
serial: UL81041027741
slot: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
*-firmware
description: BIOS
vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
physical id: 0
version: 080015
date: 07/22/2010
size: 64KiB
capacity: 8128KiB
capabilities: isa pci pnp apm upgrade shadowing escd cdboot bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb ls120boot zipboot biosbootspecification
*-cpu
description: CPU
product: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU 540 @ 3.07GHz
vendor: Intel Corp.
physical id: 4
bus info: cpu@0
version: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU 540 @ 3.07GHz
serial: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
slot: CPU 1
size: 3066MHz
capacity: 3066MHz
width: 64 bits
clock: 133MHz
capabilities: x86-64 fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx rdtscp constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt lahf_lm arat dtherm tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid
configuration: cores=2 enabledcores=2 threads=4
*-cache:0
description: L1 cache
physical id: 5
slot: L1-Cache
size: 128KiB
capacity: 128KiB
capabilities: internal write-through instruction
*-cache:1
description: L2 cache
physical id: 6
slot: L2-Cache
size: 512KiB
capacity: 512KiB
capabilities: internal write-through unified
*-cache:2
description: L3 cache
physical id: 7
slot: L3-Cache
size: 4MiB
capacity: 4MiB
capabilities: internal write-back unified
*-memory
description: System Memory
physical id: 30
slot: System board or motherboard
size: 4GiB
*-bank:0
description: DIMM [empty]
product: ModulePartNumber00
vendor: Manufacturer00
physical id: 0
serial: SerNum00
slot: DIMM0
*-bank:1
description: DIMM SDRAM Synchronous
product: ModulePartNumber01
vendor: Manufacturer01
physical id: 1
serial: SerNum01
slot: DIMM1
size: 4GiB
width: 64 bits
*-pci:0
description: Host bridge
product: Core Processor DRAM Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 100
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
version: 18
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:0
description: PCI bridge
product: Core Processor PCI Express x16 root Port
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1
bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0
version: 18
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pm msi pciexpress normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:40 ioport:d000(size=4096) memory:f8000000-fbefffff ioport:d4000000(size=201326592)
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: GF106 [GeForce GTS 450]
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
version: a1
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=nvidia latency=0
resources: irq:46 memory:f8000000-f8ffffff memory:d8000000-dfffffff memory:d4000000-d5ffffff ioport:dc00(size=128) memory:fbe80000-fbefffff
*-multimedia
description: Audio device
product: GF106 High Definition Audio Controller
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 0.1
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.1
version: a1
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0
resources: irq:17 memory:fbe7c000-fbe7ffff
*-communication
description: Communication controller
product: 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 16
bus info: pci@0000:00:16.0
version: 06
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=mei_me latency=0
resources: irq:44 memory:f7fffc00-f7fffc0f
*-usb:0
description: USB controller
product: 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1a
bus info: pci@0000:00:1a.0
version: 06
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci-pci latency=0
resources: irq:16 memory:f7ffc000-f7ffc3ff
*-multimedia
description: Audio device
product: 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1b
bus info: pci@0000:00:1b.0
version: 06
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0
resources: irq:45 memory:f7ff8000-f7ffbfff
*-pci:1
description: PCI bridge
product: 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express root Port 1
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1c
bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.0
version: 06
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:41 ioport:1000(size=4096) memory:c0000000-c01fffff ioport:c0200000(size=2097152)
*-pci:2
description: PCI bridge
product: 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express root Port 5
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1c.4
bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.4
version: 06
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:42 ioport:e000(size=4096) memory:fbf00000-fbffffff ioport:f6f00000(size=1048576)
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 03
serial: d0:27:88:15:40:e7
size: 10Mbit/s
capacity: 1Gbit/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=half firmware=rtl_nic/rtl8168d-1.fw latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=MII speed=10Mbit/s
resources: irq:43 ioport:e800(size=256) memory:f6fff000-f6ffffff memory:f6ff8000-f6ffbfff memory:fbfe0000-fbffffff
*-usb:1
description: USB controller
product: 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.0
version: 06
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci-pci latency=0
resources: irq:23 memory:f7ff6000-f7ff63ff
*-pci:3
description: PCI bridge
product: 82801 PCI Bridge
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1e
bus info: pci@0000:00:1e.0
version: a6
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci subtractive_decode bus_master cap_list
*-isa
description: ISA bridge
product: 5 Series Chipset LPC Interface Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.0
version: 06
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: isa bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=lpc_ich latency=0
resources: irq:0
*-ide:0
description: IDE interface
product: 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 4 port SATA IDE Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.2
version: 06
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: ide pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ata_piix latency=0
resources: irq:19 ioport:cc00(size=8) ioport:c880(size=4) ioport:c800(size=8) ioport:c480(size=4) ioport:c400(size=16) ioport:c080(size=16)
*-serial UNCLAIMED
description: SMBus
product: 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset SMBus Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.3
version: 06
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:f7fff800-f7fff8ff ioport:400(size=32)
*-ide:1
description: IDE interface
product: 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 2 port SATA IDE Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.5
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.5
version: 06
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: ide pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ata_piix latency=0
resources: irq:19 ioport:bc00(size=8) ioport:b880(size=4) ioport:b800(size=8) ioport:b480(size=4) ioport:b400(size=16) ioport:b080(size=16)
*-generic UNCLAIMED
description: Signal processing controller
product: 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Thermal Subsystem
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.6
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.6
version: 06
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:f7ffe000-f7ffefff
*-pci:1
description: Host bridge
product: Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-core Registers
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 101
bus info: pci@0000:ff:00.0
version: 05
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:2
description: Host bridge
product: Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 102
bus info: pci@0000:ff:00.1
version: 05
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:3
description: Host bridge
product: Core Processor QPI Link 0
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 103
bus info: pci@0000:ff:02.0
version: 05
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:4
description: Host bridge
product: Core Processor QPI Physical 0
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 104
bus info: pci@0000:ff:02.1
version: 05
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:5
description: Host bridge
product: Core Processor Reserved
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 105
bus info: pci@0000:ff:02.2
version: 05
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:6
description: Host bridge
product: Core Processor Reserved
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 106
bus info: pci@0000:ff:02.3
version: 05
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-scsi:0
physical id: 1
logical name: scsi1
capabilities: emulated
*-disk
description: ATA Disk
product: ST31000528AS
vendor: Seagate
physical id: 0.1.0
bus info: scsi@1:0.1.0
logical name: /dev/sda
version: CC38
serial: 9VP9RH7N
size: 931GiB (1TB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=00008b71
*-volume:0
description: Linux swap volume
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@1:0.1.0,1
logical name: /dev/sda1
version: 1
serial: e9e8f60a-2418-4ec0-a855-21cbe5d6969d
size: 18GiB
capacity: 18GiB
capabilities: primary bootable nofs swap initialized
configuration: filesystem=swap pagesize=4096
*-volume:1
description: Extended partition
physical id: 2
bus info: scsi@1:0.1.0,2
logical name: /dev/sda2
size: 912GiB
capacity: 912GiB
capabilities: primary extended partitioned partitioned:extended
*-logicalvolume:0
description: Linux filesystem partition
physical id: 5
logical name: /dev/sda5
logical name: /home
capacity: 838GiB
configuration: mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,relatime,data=ordered state=mounted
*-logicalvolume:1
description: Linux filesystem partition
physical id: 6
logical name: /dev/sda6
logical name: /
capacity: 74GiB
configuration: mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered state=mounted
*-scsi:1
physical id: 2
logical name: scsi2
capabilities: emulated
*-cdrom
description: DVD-RAM writer
product: DVD RW AD-7260S
vendor: Optiarc
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/cdrom
logical name: /dev/cdrw
logical name: /dev/dvd
logical name: /dev/dvdrw
logical name: /dev/sr0
version: 1.01
capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram
configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc
*-network
description: Wireless interface
physical id: 1
bus info: usb@1:1.5
logical name: wlan0
serial: d8:5d:4c:92:49:a7
capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=carl9170 driverversion=3.11.0-18-generic firmware=1.9.6 ip=192.168.1.2 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn
New Ram:
KINGSTON KHX1333C9D3B1K2/8G 8GB (2X4GB) HYPERX BLU DDR3 DUAL CHANNEL KIT
http://www.kingston.com/us/memory/hyperx/blu
Size: 8GV (2 x 4GB).
Memory Type: DDR3 - 1333MHz 240-Pin Unbuffered DIMM.
Channel Speed​​: 1333MHz.
Timings: 9-9-9-27.
Operating voltage: 1.65V.
Row Cycle Time (tRC): 49.5ns (min).
Refresh to Active / Refresh Command Time (tRFC): 110ns.
Row Active Time (tRAS): 36ns (min).
Operating temperature: 0 ° C - 85 ° C.

Motherboard:
Foxconn - Socket 1156 - H55MXV
link: http://www.foxconnchannel.com/ProductDe ... -us0000488 (http://www.foxconnchannel.com/ProductDetail.aspx?T=motherboard&U=en-us0000488)
Intel® Core™ i7, Core™ i5, Core™ i3processors, Socket LGA1156
Supports Intel® 45nm Hi-K CPU
Dual channel DDR3 1333/1066/800 x 2 DIMMs, Max. 8GB
1* PCIe2.0 x16, 1* PCIe x1, 2* PCI
6* SATA II
5.1 channel HDA
Gigabit LAN
12 USB 2.0 ports

Graphics Card:
GeForce GTS450
Link: http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop ... ifications (http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gts-450/specifications)
GPU Engine Specs
CUDA Cores - 192
Graphics Clock (MHz) - 783 MHz
Processor Clock (MHz) - 1566 MHz
Texture Fill Rate (billion/sec) - 25.1
Memory Specs
Memory Clock - 1804 (3608 data rate) MHz
Memory Interface - GDDR5
Memory Interface Width - 128-bit
Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec) - 57.7
Feature Support
OpenGL - 4.2
Bus Support- PCI-E 2.0 x 16
Supported Technologies - SLI, DirectX 11, CUDA, 3D Vision, PhysX
SLI Options<p>1 - 2-way

CPU:
4x Intel(R)Core(TM) i3 CPU 540 @3.07GHz

All responses are welcomed and thank you for your time in advance.

lagostefano-l
April 4th, 2014, 12:06 PM
I am closing this post as i come to conclusion that this might be hardware issue.
Sorry for spamming, if possible please delete the entire post.
Regards
The Rabbit

mörgæs
April 4th, 2014, 06:22 PM
We don't delete posts, but please mark it 'solved'.