Tom's Hardware > Forum > Motherboards & Memory > General Motherboard > Bad Dimm, need help

Bad Dimm, need help

Forum Motherboards & Memory : General Motherboard - Bad Dimm, need help

Tom's Hardware: Over 1.4 million members in 6 different countries available to answer all your high-tech questions. Sign up now! Its free!
Ask the community Add a reply
Word :    Username :           
 
rconley80   09-28-2008 at 02:23:16 AM

I'm currently trying to upgrade my computer. I have a MSI K9VGM Motherboard, http://www.msicomputer.com/product [...] V&class=mb I tried to intall 2 gigs of ram but one of the dimms seems to be defective. I tried different memory sticks and all I get when I try to turn on the computer is a series of long beeps. I've had the motherboard for over a year now so returning it is out of the question. I'm wondering if anyone has any ideas as to how to fix this problem. I can buy a whole new motherboard but I don't understand why a dimm that hasn't been used before is defective.

Add a reply
Sponsored Links
Register or log in to remove.
rconley80   09-28-2008 at 01:22:23 PM
- 0 +

Damn, 114 views but no replys.

Reply to rconley80
taskforcetiny   09-28-2008 at 01:33:23 PM
- 0 +

Okay, I'll have a go at this one lol

Firstly, what kind of RAM are you using? Your board is limited to 800MHz but I guess if one DIMM module is working, that rules out your mem freq being too high.
Initially, my guess would be that you have a faulty stick of RAM - return to your vendor, and have them test it on the spot in front of you. If the RAM works, then you have a faulty DIMM slot on your mobo, if not they are required to replace it by law. Sometimes faulty DIMMS are sold, but that's life I guess!

Reply to taskforcetiny
rconley80   09-28-2008 at 04:37:44 PM
- 0 +

Thanks for the reply. The ram I am using is corsair vs1gb667d2. It's definately not the RAM I am using. I tried different memory sticks and all of them don't work on the Bad DIMM. They work perfectly fine on the DIMM that does work. I've been trying to mess around with the BIOS settings but I'm not sure where to start.

Reply to rconley80
taskforcetiny   09-29-2008 at 08:18:47 AM
- 0 +

Time for a new mobo unfortunately :-(
Any changes you make to your DIMMS will effect both, unfortunately there isn't seperate options for each that would render one useless. You COULD take your mobo to an electrician to repair the problem, but the cheaper solution would be to purchase a new mobo or RMA. Sorry for tha bad news!

Reply to taskforcetiny
Ask the community Add a reply
Tom's Hardware > Forum > Motherboards & Memory > General Motherboard > Bad Dimm, need help
Go to:

There are 1154 identified and unidentified users. To see the list of identified users, Click here.

Forum map
Bestofmedia Forum ©
2000-2009 Bestofmedia Group
Page generated in 0.364 seconds
Please mind

You are about to answer a thread that has been inactive for more than 6 months.
If you still wish to proceed, please ensure that your posting is original and does not duplicate or overlap any prior responses to this thread.

Add a reply Cancel
Sponsored links
  • Ask the community now
  • Publish
Ad
Related Topics
See all relatives topics
They won a badge
Join us in greeting them