H.D.D Failure...
Hi all, here is rather weird problem that happened to me a day ago and I’m dealing with it but without any success.
My specs are:
GA K8NF-9
Athlon 64 3200+
1*512 Geil PC3200
1*512 Crucial PC3200
Seagate SATA 120
Geforce 7800GTX
So I wanted to add some ram to my rig and because my cousin is not using his own rams anymore I called him and asked if I can borrow them and he said it's okay, so now I got his 2*512 Kingston PC3200 modules too, now here is the funny part…
I removed my own modules from M.B and added his rams instead; with dual channel config, then booted up my system, at the first run there were no problem at all but suddenly my system froze and there were a sound like beep coming FROM my H.D.D and the motor inside hard disk constantly stops and tries to start, sometimes it just takes 2-4 sec and after that it gets back to normal state but sometimes I have to reboot my system AND sometimes my computer fails to recognize my hard disk and the only thing I do to get back to normal is to shut my pc and then turn it on again and do it several times, if I would be lucky my computer gets back to normal, BUT I have none of this problems with my own modules of ram!!
Another point is that my own cousin with MSI KT6 Delta, Athlon XP 2600+ and Maxtor SATA 120 has no problem using his own rams…
So please help if you can… I really need to add this gig of ram![:(]( ":(")
My specs are:
GA K8NF-9
Athlon 64 3200+
1*512 Geil PC3200
1*512 Crucial PC3200
Seagate SATA 120
Geforce 7800GTX
So I wanted to add some ram to my rig and because my cousin is not using his own rams anymore I called him and asked if I can borrow them and he said it's okay, so now I got his 2*512 Kingston PC3200 modules too, now here is the funny part…
I removed my own modules from M.B and added his rams instead; with dual channel config, then booted up my system, at the first run there were no problem at all but suddenly my system froze and there were a sound like beep coming FROM my H.D.D and the motor inside hard disk constantly stops and tries to start, sometimes it just takes 2-4 sec and after that it gets back to normal state but sometimes I have to reboot my system AND sometimes my computer fails to recognize my hard disk and the only thing I do to get back to normal is to shut my pc and then turn it on again and do it several times, if I would be lucky my computer gets back to normal, BUT I have none of this problems with my own modules of ram!!
Another point is that my own cousin with MSI KT6 Delta, Athlon XP 2600+ and Maxtor SATA 120 has no problem using his own rams…
So please help if you can… I really need to add this gig of ram
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