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so heres how it is
So heres how it all started......
I recently bought my brother some new computer components from a nameless cheap internet site The computer specs a Memory - Kingston 512MB 400MHz DDR Non-ECC CL2.5 DIMM Motherboard - Asus A7N8X-X Processor - AMD Athlon(1m)XP2800MHz Graphics card - GeForce6 6600GT 128 Mb GDDR3 PSU - Antec True Power 350W After plugging everything in, the first thing i did was switch the power supply on.........which resulted in the smell of burning plastic coming out the PSU. So i switched PSUs with an older one i had lying around. This time the computer switched on but i got the following error message: Memory frequency is at 200MHz, single channel mode. I also noticed that the processor only counted 1200Mhz rather than the 2800MHz which im sure it is. Then then computer goes completely dead. None of the keys work. The computer is stuck on that screen. After checking out the kingston website i noticed that although ddr 400 memory should work with this motherboard kingston dont support this. Aha....i thought. It must be a memory problem. So i replace the ddr400 memory with a Kingston 512MB 333MHz DDR Non-ECC CL2.5 DIMM. Now i get the following error message: Memory frequency is at 133MHz, single channel mode. I am at a loss about what to do and i think i am at the stage where my very limited computing knowledge is out of its depth. I dont know if the PSU fried some components or the memory frequency needs to be reset or the older PSU cant handle powering the whole computer. I would very much apreciate any suggestions about what is wrong or what to do or some error checks i should perform on the system. Thanks for any help, in advance. |
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reset the cmos jumper
and if there was a 'smell' and no power from the PSU then there may have been damage to the components of the mainboard or hardware peripherals strip the machine to the bare minimums for booting I'm not sure that the memory cmos line is an actual 'error' but rather info on memory configuration. "dcprenti" wrote in message news So heres how it all started...... I recently bought my brother some new computer components from a nameless cheap internet site The computer specs a Memory - Kingston 512MB 400MHz DDR Non-ECC CL2.5 DIMM Motherboard - Asus A7N8X-X Processor - AMD Athlon(1m)XP2800MHz Graphics card - GeForce6 6600GT 128 Mb GDDR3 PSU - Antec True Power 350W After plugging everything in, the first thing i did was switch the power supply on.........which resulted in the smell of burning plastic coming out the PSU. So i switched PSUs with an older one i had lying around. This time the computer switched on but i got the following error message: Memory frequency is at 200MHz, single channel mode. I also noticed that the processor only counted 1200Mhz rather than the 2800MHz which im sure it is. Then then computer goes completely dead. None of the keys work. The computer is stuck on that screen. After checking out the kingston website i noticed that although ddr 400 memory should work with this motherboard kingston dont support this. Aha....i thought. It must be a memory problem. So i replace the ddr400 memory with a Kingston 512MB 333MHz DDR Non-ECC CL2.5 DIMM. Now i get the following error message: Memory frequency is at 133MHz, single channel mode. I am at a loss about what to do and i think i am at the stage where my very limited computing knowledge is out of its depth. I dont know if the PSU fried some components or the memory frequency needs to be reset or the older PSU cant handle powering the whole computer. I would very much apreciate any suggestions about what is wrong or what to do or some error checks i should perform on the system. Thanks for any help, in advance. |
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The computer is set up with the motherboard, graphics card, CPU, 1
hard drive and 1 stick of RAM. I think this is stripped to its minimum for booting Could you tell me how exactly i reset the cmos jumper on my motherboard. From the motherboard manual the only jumper i can find with a relation to RAM is the "clear real time clock ram" jumper. Is this the 1 that i need to reset? I would appreciate you spelling this out for me as simple as possible. Thanks |
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"dcprenti" wrote in message . .. The computer is set up with the motherboard, graphics card, CPU, 1 hard drive and 1 stick of RAM. I think this is stripped to its minimum for booting Could you tell me how exactly i reset the cmos jumper on my motherboard. From the motherboard manual the only jumper i can find with a relation to RAM is the "clear real time clock ram" jumper. Is this the 1 that i need to reset? I would appreciate you spelling this out for me as simple as possible. Thanks Take the hard drive out of the equation its not needed to boot(post). The CMOS jumper has nothing to do with the RAM directly. It does reset timings and such to a 'bootable' setting. The placement of the jumper varies from board to board, your manual should point it out. If not you can pull the wafer battery out for 5 minutes or so after unplugging the power. This will accomplish the same thing. |
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That Kingston ram stick is weird. You have to know how to install it,
or you will short it out in the ram slot ... which you probably did. The way you install it is: open both levers at the ends of the slot. put the stick in as well as you can and try to seat one end so that the lever lifts up and swings in to the detent in that end of the stick. Then ... the tricky part .... you have to press the other lever down a little harder than you would like, or that end of the stick will not drop down into the slot. You can't just press the stick down into the slot because the lever has a piece that sticks out and prevents the stick from seating. You have to press the lever out and then push the ram stick down. Only then will Kingston ram seat properly. If you take a magnifier and look at the lever and side of the ram stick you will see why. Once you've done it right, it will seem simple after that, but seems Kingston could warn people about how damned difficult it is to seat their stupid ram sticks .. the first time. johns |
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dcprenti wrote:
The computer specs a Memory - Kingston 512MB 400MHz DDR Non-ECC CL2.5 DIMM Motherboard - Asus A7N8X-X Processor - AMD Athlon(1m)XP2800MHz Graphics card - GeForce6 6600GT 128 Mb GDDR3 PSU - Antec True Power 350W Nice Athlon XP system. After plugging everything in, the first thing i did was switch the power supply on.........which resulted in the smell of burning plastic coming out the PSU. Sounds like you need to RMA the PSU. So i switched PSUs with an older one i had lying around. This time the computer switched on but i got the following error message: Memory frequency is at 200MHz, single channel mode. Did you put 2 sticks of memory in? Did you use one purple and one green slot? If you answered 'no' to either of these questions, you are in single channel mode. The 200 MHz can be addressed in the BIOS. You need to adjust it. See your motherboard documentation on your BIOS. I also noticed that the processor only counted 1200Mhz rather than the 2800MHz which im sure it is. No, an Athlon XP 2800+ runs @ 2088 MHz, or about 2 GHz. What you have is probably a Barton core, which the motherboard needs to be set to run at a FSB of 166 MHz instead of the 100 MHz it currently is running at. Then then computer goes completely dead. None of the keys work. The computer is stuck on that screen. Your PSU might have fried something when you smelled the burning. After checking out the kingston website i noticed that although ddr 400 memory should work with this motherboard kingston dont support this. Aha....i thought. It must be a memory problem. So i replace the ddr400 memory with a Kingston 512MB 333MHz DDR Non-ECC CL2.5 DIMM. Now i get the following error message: Memory frequency is at 133MHz, single channel mode. You need to check you manual, as this might just be a BIOS info thing, and not an error message. However, I think the memory should be running a bit faster. |
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so heres how it is
"dcprenti" wrote in message news So heres how it all started...... I recently bought my brother some new computer components from a nameless cheap internet site The computer specs a Memory - Kingston 512MB 400MHz DDR Non-ECC CL2.5 DIMM Motherboard - Asus A7N8X-X Processor - AMD Athlon(1m)XP2800MHz Graphics card - GeForce6 6600GT 128 Mb GDDR3 PSU - Antec True Power 350W After plugging everything in, the first thing i did was switch the power supply on.........which resulted in the smell of burning plastic coming out the PSU. So i switched PSUs with an older one i had lying around. This time the computer switched on but i got the following error message: Memory frequency is at 200MHz, single channel mode. I also noticed that the processor only counted 1200Mhz rather than the 2800MHz which im sure it is. Then then computer goes completely dead. None of the keys work. The computer is stuck on that screen. After checking out the kingston website i noticed that although ddr 400 memory should work with this motherboard kingston dont support this. Aha....i thought. It must be a memory problem. So i replace the ddr400 memory with a Kingston 512MB 333MHz DDR Non-ECC CL2.5 DIMM. Now i get the following error message: Memory frequency is at 133MHz, single channel mode. I am at a loss about what to do and i think i am at the stage where my very limited computing knowledge is out of its depth. I dont know if the PSU fried some components or the memory frequency needs to be reset or the older PSU cant handle powering the whole computer. I would very much apreciate any suggestions about what is wrong or what to do or some error checks i should perform on the system. Thanks for any help, in advance. My local component supplier will charge £20 for an inspection/evaluation. I suggest you get the same... |
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