I am configuring two identical machines, except for the amount of RAM. The one with 512MB RAM is running smooth and Windows installs great, the one with 1 GB RAM is running smooth but won't install. Anybody any ideas or info on this mobo in combination with 1 GB Rambus?
Configuration:
Gigabyte GA-8IHXP intel 850E
Intel Pentium IV 2.4 Ghz, 533MHz fsb
4 X 256 Mb 1066 MHz / non-ECC RDRAM
Maxtor diamondmax plus d740x 80gb
Lite-On dvd 16xdvd
Leadtek WinFast A250 Ultra TD
Creative Soundblaster Audigy
What does running smooth but won't install mean?? And what windows OS are you using. Windows me has problems with more than 512 megs of ram I believe. Also you might try moving the sticks around, you might have a bad dimm there somewhere.
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I've seen 98/ME run perfect on a 1GB machine. But thats not the issue, what happens is that when I put (only) 2 * 256 RAM in the machine, it runs without problems. Installing Windows XP goes fine. Then I put in the second 2 * 256, it keeps running OK. No problems. Windows keeps running.
Though when I install from scratch the whole 4 * 256 RAM then the PC gives problems even when XP is not even installed. And XP won't install.
OK, you know that RDRAM is mounted in pairs on the P4. Well, the pair is parallel to each other in order to double the bandwidth. In other words, two 16-bit RDRAM modules are paired to run together at 32-bits. Well, the Second pair is SERIAL to the first pair. What that means is that each signal now has to travel through two modules instead of one when you use two pairs. That makes the data path longer, and might even add the latency of one module to the latency of the other.
When your board tries to access memory too quickly, it causes data bubbles, and can break the transfer on the previous cycle. This shows up as a memory error and results in a BSOD, aka Blue Screen Of Death.
The wrong way to fix it is to see if it runs at the 3x instead of 4x memory multiplier. If that works, it will still result in slower system performance.
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OK, makes sens. Thnxs for explaining. Now lets wait for the right way to fix it. The shopkeeper logged a problem with Gigabyte, lets see what they have to say about it.
The shopkeeper logged a problem with Gigabyte, lets see what they have to say about it.
