Acpi/4 Gig ram problem
I have an issue that has me puzzled and any help/suggestions would be appreciated. I haven been using Vista Ultimate 32(retail) for awhile now with no issues. I've been thinking about switching over to the 64 bit software so I thought I'd add 2 more gigs of ram to total 4 and thats where the fun has began
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If I try and load my current vista installation with 4 gigs of ram I get a bios non ACPI compliant stop error at bootup 0x000000A5 (0x00001000,0x00000000,0xFFFFFFFF,0x00002040). I have loaded the Vista KB929777 patch (for issues loading windows with 3 gigs of ram or more). If I try & load off the DVD I get the same error after the files are loaded. If I use 3 gigs of ram, no problem. My motherboard also has on board graphics, if I remove my PCI_E card vista will load with no problem with 4 gigs of ram. Could it be an issue with my motherboard, or could my video card be causing the problem? I was also able to borrow 2 sticks of 2gx2 g.skill ram, same problem. I've been looking through the event viewer but haven't been able to find anything. I've been searching around but haven't found anyone with the problem I'm having.
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