Intel DP965LT won't post

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My mobo has worked flawlessly for me up to now due to my tinkering. I was doing some real world benchmarking with my Patriot DDR2 667 at different settings and timings. Everything was hunky-dory until I bumped it to 800 at 5-5-5-12 through the BIOS (the BIOS will let you change these parameters but not the 1.8v). When I tried to power up I would get the 3 beeps (memory error). So off I went to Intel's support page and tried both BIOS recovery methods with no luck. I tried this with everything hooked up, and only the floppy (no other drives) attached and still no luck. Same thing with the CD. I also tried unplugging the the PSU and removing the battery. Not sure what to try now as I don't have any or access to any 1.8v ram rated at 800 5-5-5-12. At the price of ram these days I can get a new DP965LT for $20 more than 512 MB of DDR2 800 5-5-5-12 1.8v Kingston ram. I'd rather not buy a new mobo as I want to get the Bad Axe 2 next year. Any help would be appreciated.
 
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I see your remove the battery, but did you short the CMOS????
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How do you do that?

There should be two pins on your board somewhere you short together. Check your manual.

By the way, BIOS recovery is unnecessary and will completely destroy your motherboard if you get a bad flash. Which would be a shame, if all you needed to do was clear your CMOS.

So go ahead and clear the CMOS and try to boot with just one stick of RAM.
 
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I checked the Intel Manual and didn't see anything about shorting 2 pins to clear the CMOS. Also, Do you think this would help resove my issue in the OP.
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Ok. Your board doesn't have jumpers. Take the CMOS battery out, and leave it out for a while. It takes time for the CMOS to "evaporate".

Then try booting with just one stick of RAM. You should be able to get into the BIOS after that.
 
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I checked the Intel Manual and didn't see anything about shorting 2 pins to clear the CMOS. Also, Do you think this would help resove my issue in the OP.
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Ok. Your board doesn't have jumpers. Take the CMOS battery out, and leave it out for a while. It takes time for the CMOS to "evaporate".

Then try booting with just one stick of RAM. You should be able to get into the BIOS after that.

What he said. For future info, the cmos is usually two pins or three. It ussually says next to them CLR CMOS.
 
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Just tried pulling the battery for 20 minutes, unplugging the psu, and booting with only 1 stick but still get 3 beeps and won't go further. luckily I still have my old rig to communicate on the forum.
 
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Just tried pulling the battery for 20 minutes, unplugging the psu, and booting with only 1 stick but still get 3 beeps and won't go further. luckily I still have my old rig to communicate on the forum.
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Three beeps is memory error. Take a stick of memory from your friend's computer and try that (if its compatible).
 
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Just tried pulling the battery for 20 minutes, unplugging the psu, and booting with only 1 stick but still get 3 beeps and won't go further. luckily I still have my old rig to communicate on the forum.
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Three beeps is memory error. Take a stick of memory from your friend's computer and try that (if its compatible).
good sugestion.
 
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My mobo has worked flawlessly for me up to now due to my tinkering. I was doing some real world benchmarking with my Patriot DDR2 667 at different settings and timings. Everything was hunky-dory until I bumped it to 800 at 5-5-5-12 through the BIOS (the BIOS will let you change these parameters but not the 1.8v). When I tried to power up I would get the 3 beeps (memory error). So off I went to Intel's support page and tried both BIOS recovery methods with no luck. I tried this with everything hooked up, and only the floppy (no other drives) attached and still no luck. Same thing with the CD. I also tried unplugging the the PSU and removing the battery. Not sure what to try now as I don't have any or access to any 1.8v ram rated at 800 5-5-5-12. At the price of ram these days I can get a new DP965LT for $20 more than 512 MB of DDR2 800 5-5-5-12 1.8v Kingston ram. I'd rather not buy a new mobo as I want to get the Bad Axe 2 next year. Any help would be appreciated.
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Unfortunately as I said earlier in the OP I probably need 800 at 1.8v and don't know of anyone with that or any DDR2 800 for that matter. I was hoping I missed something and there was a way around putting in some 1.8v 800 ram. I guess I'll order some tonight (heavy sigh!) Thanks for for the suggestions.
 
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My mobo has worked flawlessly for me up to now due to my tinkering. I was doing some real world benchmarking with my Patriot DDR2 667 at different settings and timings. Everything was hunky-dory until I bumped it to 800 at 5-5-5-12 through the BIOS (the BIOS will let you change these parameters but not the 1.8v). When I tried to power up I would get the 3 beeps (memory error). So off I went to Intel's support page and tried both BIOS recovery methods with no luck. I tried this with everything hooked up, and only the floppy (no other drives) attached and still no luck. Same thing with the CD. I also tried unplugging the the PSU and removing the battery. Not sure what to try now as I don't have any or access to any 1.8v ram rated at 800 5-5-5-12. At the price of ram these days I can get a new DP965LT for $20 more than 512 MB of DDR2 800 5-5-5-12 1.8v Kingston ram. I'd rather not buy a new mobo as I want to get the Bad Axe 2 next year. Any help would be appreciated.
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Unfortunately as I said earlier in the OP I probably need 800 at 1.8v and don't know of anyone with that or any DDR2 800 for that matter. I was hoping I missed something and there was a way around putting in some 1.8v 800 ram. I guess I'll order some tonight (heavy sigh!) Thanks for for the suggestions.

You don't need DDR2-800. In fact, that's probably your problem. Try -533 or -667.
 
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Not to be harsh but, did you read my original post? My 667 booted perfectly at 533 and at 667. when I changed the settings in the BIOS to 800, it would never post. I need 800 because the BIOS is set to 800 only and not auto. I need 1.8v because that is all my mobo will support. I know all 800 will run on 1.8v but it won't run at 800 unless it is spec'd at 800 on 1.8v.
 
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Not to be harsh but, did you read my original post? My 667 booted perfectly at 533 and at 667. when I changed the settings in the BIOS to 800, it would never post. I need 800 because the BIOS is set to 800 only and not auto. I need 1.8v because that is all my mobo will support. I know all 800 will run on 1.8v but it won't run at 800 unless it is spec'd at 800 on 1.8v.
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Not to be harsh, but when you clear the CMOS the BIOS will detect the SPD settings on your memory and set it correctly.
 
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Not to be harsh but, did you read my original post? My 667 booted perfectly at 533 and at 667. when I changed the settings in the BIOS to 800, it would never post. I need 800 because the BIOS is set to 800 only and not auto. I need 1.8v because that is all my mobo will support. I know all 800 will run on 1.8v but it won't run at 800 unless it is spec'd at 800 on 1.8v.
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Not to be harsh, but when you clear the CMOS the BIOS will detect the SPD settings on your memory and set it correctly.
Fair enough. I still need to get some 1.8v ram and i'll order the 800 to be safe. I'll let you know how it works out.
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Well i still think you should try to get your friends memory and try booting up with it.

Also check this out, i just order it and got it today, and boot it up real quick is 800 and 1.8 :D

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820211066

And here's the rest at 800 and 1.8 at newegg.


http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Order=PRICE&Page=1&Category=17&N=2010170147+1052108080+1052416064+1259916288&Submit=ENE&Nty=1&Subcategory=147
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Thanks for the links. I'm going with the Kingston as it is a brand that I know and trust. Check this thread in a few days and I'll post how it turns out.
 
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If your memory worked at at 667 go back into BIOS and manually reset it and forget the 800 until you pick up a stick. You're only getting the memory error at boot because of the timings. I have the same board and if your Patriot ram is supported leave everything on auto and it will be correctly detected.
 
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If your memory worked at at 667 go back into BIOS and manually reset it and forget the 800 until you pick up a stick. You're only getting the memory error at boot because of the timings. I have the same board and if your Patriot ram is supported leave everything on auto and it will be correctly detected.
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If you read his first post, he can't get into the bios to do that.
 
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What BIOS are you using? Intel has posted a few since the original and some have helped while others have added new(different) gotchas.
 
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