Re: Windows Hangs after Memory Upgrade...

From: Steve (apota4u_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 03/28/04 

Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2004 05:17:31 -0800

Well, this motherboard doesn't have a clear CMOS setting.
It has normal, configure and recovery. Normal is normal
mode, configure brings up a maintanence menu in the bios,
and recovery the bios recovers data from a recovery
diskette. The maintanence menu gives me the option of to
Clear all Passwords, Clear BIS Credentials, PCI Latency
Timer, and Video Memory Cache Mode UC or USWC. That's
it. I tried to Clear the BIS Credentials, but that didn't
make a difference, and the CMOS didn't change from how I
had it configured before, so it didn't clear the cmos.
So, I put the jumper back and chose Load Setup Defaults,
but that didn't make a difference either, I still have the
same problem. I really appreciate you sticking through
this with me and trying to help. Take care...

ftp://download.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/d850m
v/qrg.pdf

ftp://download.intel.com/design/motherbd/mv/A6514501.pdf

>-----Original Message-----
>"Steve" said in news:14a2301c414a3$95549670
$a401280a@phx.gbl:
>> OK, are you ready for this one? Well, I removed the old
>> memory and just used the new memory and I still had the
>> problem, so I removed the new memory and just put the
>> original old memory back in and it still didn't work.
So
>> something happened to my computer by putting the new
>> memory in and Windows insn't even working with after I
>> restored it to the exact way it was before I installed
>> the new memory. I even tried booting into safe mode,
and
>> also using the last known good configuration, and
nothing
>> works. So, does anybody know what I can do now?
Thanks..
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> "anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com" said in
>>> news:1461301c413fb$d388e660$a501280a@phx.gbl:
>>>> Well, you are right, I did buy the original memory
>>>> probably over 3 years ago, it's Kingston Value RAM,
>>>> KVR800X16/256, and the new memory I just bought today
and
>>>> it's the exact same part number as the original
memory. I
>>>> did that on purpose because I thought that would
avoid any
>>>> kind of problems, but I guess I was wrong. I ran the
>>>> memory tests and it took a few hours, because I
configured
>>>> it to run all tests, but it didn't find any errors.
Do
>>>> you have any other suggestions? Thank you for your
time...
>>>
>>> Diagnostic tests seem to find the devices that are
>> flagrantly defective. Some are just marginal and
>> something like Windows will put more of a load on the
>> device. I had an memory stick that Windows NT4 didn't
>> like. Repeated and prolonged diagnostics, like what you
>> do for burn-in, never found it was bad. Eventually I
>> took it to someone that had hardware testers that
>> measured all sorts of timing and it was found right at
>> the end of what was acceptable; i.e., it was very
>> marginal. RMA'ed it and the new memory stick worked
>> great for over 3 years (until I sold the box).
>>>
>>> Remove your old RDRAM module and use just your new one
to make sure
>>> Windows likes it. .
>
>Clear the CMOS. It detects the memory settings but I
hear some only do it once, like when it notices a change
(actually I thought this was a problem in detecting a
change in the CPU but may SPD on the memory doesn't get
read every boot). Short the 2-pin CMOS Clear jumper on
the motherboard, or remove the CMOS battery for a minute.
However, record any customized settings in BIOS so you
know what they were.
>
>--
>__________________________________________________________
____________
>Post replies to newsgroup. Share with others. E-mail
not accepted.
>__________________________________________________________
____________
>.
>

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Setup/config problem on NetVista desktop
    ... I get the "1762 Configuration Change Has ... 164 CMOS error; CMOS setting does not match memory on system board. ... > no way to save the settings and cause the machine to reboot. ...
    (comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc)
  • Re: Ping FN
    ... Save their Settings either into CMOS ... don't use CMOS Memory, they use some kind of Flash Memory. ... CMOS normally needs a Battery to keep the stuff Active, ...
    (uk.people.silversurfers)
  • Re: Defeating Optimisation for memcmp()
    ... You need to expand your description of the problem to make that point clear; as soon as you do so, we can tell you what to do to prevent the optimization. ... The detail is simply that the code is writing to CMOS. ... The only reason I can think of for your comments is that you were assuming I wanted to check the write because I wasn't confident that memcpy was implemented correctly. ... You said that the memory being pointed at was not volatile. ...
    (comp.lang.c)
  • Re: Break HD with sw
    ... Actually, it isn't CMOS memory. ... I used to design with CMOS memory and I ... > Some devices have a limited number of write or read/write cycles. ...
    (microsoft.public.vc.mfc)
  • Re: Vista Wont POST or Boot After BIOS Mod
    ... This will remove any memory of changes that may be being held by a trickle of power (clearing cmos via jumper should work, but sometimes things don't do what they're supposed to). ... P35T-DQ6 m/b, Award BIOS V6.00PG, Intel E6750 cpu). ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup)