ram upgrade leads to device problems

[osmania]

my computer is from ibuypower
athlon x2 5400+with ddr2 800 dual channel 2gb total occupies only 2 slots
runs on xp home edition

i added in ram from old computer it was 2 512mb also dual channel
for ddr2

turned on power andsystem couldnt reach operating system
it was somethign like 'please insert boot device disk or sometihng'

i took the ram back out and put my xp disk in it after

only to find the same problem occurs, the xp disk works but can not repair or reinstall windows

please help


regards,
Brett Zhang

[osmania]

i have amd althon x2 5400 and ibuypower make

xp home edition 2 gb ram dual channel using 2 slots ddr2

added 2 512mb ram dual channel ddr2\

could not accesss boot screen

boot device disk needed

took ram out problem was still here

rebooted and added recovery disk

could not repair and critical error and needed to shutdown when tried to reinstall xp.

please help problem still here

regards,
brett zhang

[osmania]

i have amd althon x2 5400 and ibuypower make
xp home edition 2 gb ram dual channel using 2 slots ddr2
added 2 512mb ram dual channel ddr2\
could not accesss boot screen
boot device disk needed
took ram out problem was still here
rebooted and added recovery disk
could not repair and critical error and needed to shutdown when tried to reinstall xp.
please help problem still here
regards,
brett zhang

[NooNoo]

Welcome to Windrivers Osmania. When you signed up you were advised that your first posts may not show up immediately, I have merged the three threads you started since each is slightly different.


Sounds like you dislodged the cable going to the hard drive or possibly when you tried the ram, the bios reset and the drive is no longer the boot drive, or in the case of SATA drives, the settings have changed from what they were.