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OK Paul thanks for your reply. I'm beginning to think its the m/b, cause
both sticks of ram work in the "A" channel. I will try just putting a stick
in the "B" channel and see what happens. Would be rather disappointing if it
is the m/b, considering how much this board costs. :-(
"Paul" <nospam@needed.com> wrote in message
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> In article <7rSdncMpLJvINSncRVn-rQ@comcast.com>, "Bill V."
> <rcnut360@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > ok please bear with me I'm no expert. I bought this board and (2) DDR2
4200
> > 512 sticks of ram. When the ram is installed in the yellow and black
slots
> > of channel "A" everything is fine. OK here's the problem, in order to
get
> > the benefits of dual DDR2 ram I'm gathering by the install book, that 1
> > stick of ram is to be put in channel "A" and "B" slots. (yellow or black
> > slots, but the same in each channel) When I do this the machine claims
I'm
> > overclocking the CPU and wont boot. I'm not sure why changing the ram
slots
> > would overclock the CPU, but by removing channel "B" ram all is ok? Any
> > help on this would be appreciated in getting this setup correctly
> >
> > TIA Bill
>
> Things you can try:
>
> 1) The memory has a voltage adjustment in the BIOS. 1.8V is the
> normal voltage for this new memory type. Use a higher setting
> in the BIOS, and perhaps that will be enough to make the memory
> stable.
>
> 2) What happens if you stick just one stick on the B channel, or
> both sticks on the B channel ? Does it still crash ? Perhaps
> the B channel is defective on the Northbridge.
>
> 3) Get a copy of memtest86 from memtest.org . There is a version
> to make a bootable CD and a version to make a bootable floppy.
> The floppy version contains a floppy formatter, and when the
> program is executed, it will format a boot floppy for you.
> The boot floppy does not contain a file system, and cannot be
> read in Windows. Go into the BIOS and make sure the floppy is
> first in the boot order, then use the memtest prepared boot
> floppy, to boot the system. The memory should be error free in
> an overnight test. If errors are present, either the memory is
> bad, or some part of the motherboard is bad (Northbridge or
> Vdimm power conversion).
>
> Start by testing one or both sticks, using the "A" channel.
> If they pass the "A" channel test, then perhaps they are not
> defective, and the problem is the motherboard. If the memory
> fails, even when the memory is run at default speed, and is
> fed some extra voltage, return them to your vendor.
>
> The error message could have been "system failed due to overclock",
> but what the error message really means is "I know the computer
> crashed during your last session, because my BIOS did not initialize
> properly, and I'm assuming it was because you overclocked me.."
> Anything that causes the computer to crash out prematurely, will
> cause that message to be delivered on the next reboot.
>
> HTH,
> Paul