That error usually means faulty RAM. I am wondering about the quality of the RAM. On EBay that RAM was around $28 for 8 GB. Crucial sells the same amount for over $110. It is very possible the RAM is either low quality or defective. Have you tried one stick of RAM at a time? Take one RAM module and try it in all the DIMM slots. If that module works then try another. Do that with each RAM module. You are trying to find out which RAM module or modules is the bad one.
I have ran Memtest64 to see the RAM and all of the ram gives me 7F7F9E00000000000 except one stick. I removed that stick. The DIMM_3 slot doesn't work overall no matter what ram stick goes in there and one of the ram sticks doesn't work at all. I can run the pre-boot assessment and I get no errors. I have sticks in DIMM 1, 2, and 4. Each of the sticks is recognized and the system does indeed boot. I was installing some things and I got a kernel error again. Is this memory compatible with my system and what is the issue?
Besides what JOcean said, Crucial RAM is recommended because it's guaranteed to work in Dell's. One issue with other brands is the volts can be off, which will cause problems. All RAM sticks need to be the same brand, MHz (speed), and capacity. Kinston Value Brand (KVR) almost never works in Dell's.
I checked out your link and there doesn't appear to be any brand name. What may look like a really good deal on RAM needs caution when it comes to Dell's.
Good news is I don't believe any of the sticks would take out a memory slot. It's probably why it only came with 2GB RAM.
JOcean
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January 25th, 2019 19:00
That error usually means faulty RAM. I am wondering about the quality of the RAM. On EBay that RAM was around $28 for 8 GB. Crucial sells the same amount for over $110. It is very possible the RAM is either low quality or defective. Have you tried one stick of RAM at a time? Take one RAM module and try it in all the DIMM slots. If that module works then try another. Do that with each RAM module. You are trying to find out which RAM module or modules is the bad one.
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January 26th, 2019 11:00
I have ran Memtest64 to see the RAM and all of the ram gives me 7F7F9E00000000000 except one stick. I removed that stick. The DIMM_3 slot doesn't work overall no matter what ram stick goes in there and one of the ram sticks doesn't work at all. I can run the pre-boot assessment and I get no errors. I have sticks in DIMM 1, 2, and 4. Each of the sticks is recognized and the system does indeed boot. I was installing some things and I got a kernel error again. Is this memory compatible with my system and what is the issue?
bradthetechnut
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January 26th, 2019 17:00
Besides what JOcean said, Crucial RAM is recommended because it's guaranteed to work in Dell's. One issue with other brands is the volts can be off, which will cause problems. All RAM sticks need to be the same brand, MHz (speed), and capacity. Kinston Value Brand (KVR) almost never works in Dell's.
I checked out your link and there doesn't appear to be any brand name. What may look like a really good deal on RAM needs caution when it comes to Dell's.
Good news is I don't believe any of the sticks would take out a memory slot. It's probably why it only came with 2GB RAM.