Re: Bad Memory ?

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From: Mike Klaiber (mike_at_klaiber.fsnet.co.uk)
Date: 04/29/04 

Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 20:45:42 +0100

Thanks for your replies.

The motherboard does support both SDRAM & DDR. The stick I have is PC2100.

Does this sound like a bad component ?

Regards.

"Mike Klaiber" <mike@klaiber.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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| I have just upgraded from 256 MB SDSRAM to 512 MB DDR
|
| On start up the machine gave an uncharacteristic 3 long bleeps, and kept
| repeating. It would only go into boot up after pressing the PC reset
button.
| I was then presented with the system boot menu. Normal Windows would not
| load and I could only get into "safe mode". I have re-fitted the memory in
| the other motherboard slot, with the same result. I was eventually able to
| get into Windows but showing 4 bit colour only. I later discovered that my
| graphics driver had uninstalled. Re-installing the graphics driver seemed
to
| make things OK until I connected my ADSL modem which caused the system to
| suddenly shut down and go into re-start. This reverted to the system boot
| menu.
|
| I've un-installed and re-installed the modem software, but that has made
no
| difference.
|
| After (some) program loading the mouse pointer goes unresponsive and
jerky.
|
| When I power down and restart later, I'm back to 3 bleeps and will only
boot
| up with the re-set button.
|
| The same thing happens coming out of hibernation.
|
| Re-fitting my old 256 MB SDRAM, the system works normally.
|
| I've followed the advice from Crucial and the motherboard literature about
| compatible memory. I have fitted the correct component, and taken great
care
| in fitting. However, this is causing serious problems and I can only
| conclude that the memory stick supplied is faulty. Crucial seem reluctant
to
| replace.
|
| On their advice I have run the Microsoft memory diagnostic utility with
the
| 512MB DDR RAM fitted on standard and extended test. No errors were found.
|
| I've been into the Bios. SDRAM frequency is set at auto. I've re-set to
200
| & 266 but with same problems on power up.
|
| I have an A S Rock K7VT2 mainboard with an AMD Athlon XP 2000+ processor.
|
| Can anyone offer any guidance as to what the problem might be, please ? Is
| this bad memory, or what ?
|
| Any help would be appreciated. I do not have much technical knowledge.
|
|
| Mike
|
|
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