I was running XP 64 bit with 8 gigs of OCZ PC2 6400 memory. Then I went to my friends house and actually experienced DX10 so I was like omgawd gotta get that. So I did. It's activated and everything. It is Vista Ultimate 64-bit edition. I have 4 2gig sticks. I get a blue screen that appears and goes away in the blink of a eye. But I read on some torrent downloads that you should have less than 3 gigs for installation. I bought a OEM version and I just remembered what I read on the torrent site and took out 3 sticks of my memory so I now have 2 gigs in currently. And it works, boots fine, runs smooth. I have everything fully updated. But for some reason if I put in my other 6 gigs I have laying on top of my computer currently, it blue screens and restarts until I take it back out. So why can't I run my 8 gigs anymore?

Yes, it worked in Xp64. All my parts remained the same. Yes, I am sure I have the 64bit OS of Vista. Yes, I tested each stick separately and tested all 4 slots on my motherboard. Everything works. Everything is updated to the latest.

To make the blue screen stay so you can read what it says, go to

Right click My Computer > Properties > Advanced tab > Click Settings in the Startup and Recovery section > Untick 'automatically restart' in the system failure section

^ thats for XP, i would think its the same for vista

Then try googleing the error message :P

edited on Nov. 2, 2008 05:40 pm by .KiLL3R.

My BIOS update apparently didn't go through, but I updated it and it worked this time so now it all works.