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Freshly built system
Hardware Config:
MSI Neo 2 Plat
Bios upgraded to 1.40
Athlon 64 3500+
Corsair Value Select RAM - 2 512 MB chips (Kit m#VS1GBKIT400)
Fresh Install Win XP SP2
Early in install, so very few programs or drivers installed.
1) Why are there now 3 entries for each controller on my system (3 for
primary, 3 for secondary, 3 for PCI IDE Controller)? And while all entries
are set for "DMA if Available", Only the 2nd entry properties for each
controller has information in the "Current Transfer Mode" field. The 1st &
3rd entries all have "Not Applicable"in the field.
2) Why am I only running DDR 333, single channel, 64 bit, mem clock 166mhz?
I am thinking that my RAM may be double-sided. The specs from the Corsair
site are as follows:
VS1GBKIT400 PC3200 1024MB 2x64Mx64 2x184 DIMM
I suppose that 2x64Mx64 signifies double-sided?
As an aside, my HD started spitting out errors when trying to image the
install with Acronis TI 8. I know this is generally coincidence, but it
started right after switching from a P4 1.8ghz to the AMD set up. I imaged
the drive just before the hardware change without incident.
Thanks,
Drake
Freshly built system
Hardware Config:
MSI Neo 2 Plat
Bios upgraded to 1.40
Athlon 64 3500+
Corsair Value Select RAM - 2 512 MB chips (Kit m#VS1GBKIT400)
Fresh Install Win XP SP2
Early in install, so very few programs or drivers installed.
1) Why are there now 3 entries for each controller on my system (3 for
primary, 3 for secondary, 3 for PCI IDE Controller)? And while all entries
are set for "DMA if Available", Only the 2nd entry properties for each
controller has information in the "Current Transfer Mode" field. The 1st &
3rd entries all have "Not Applicable"in the field.
2) Why am I only running DDR 333, single channel, 64 bit, mem clock 166mhz?
I am thinking that my RAM may be double-sided. The specs from the Corsair
site are as follows:
VS1GBKIT400 PC3200 1024MB 2x64Mx64 2x184 DIMM
I suppose that 2x64Mx64 signifies double-sided?
As an aside, my HD started spitting out errors when trying to image the
install with Acronis TI 8. I know this is generally coincidence, but it
started right after switching from a P4 1.8ghz to the AMD set up. I imaged
the drive just before the hardware change without incident.
Thanks,
Drake