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Giga-byte=kingmax pc3500 mememory settings problem...
hello again.
i read-up on the settings for the ram and used cpu-z to view current and default settings, then changed to 4-4-7 2.5cl and set manual at 200mhz and voltage 2.6v-it booted and stayed at 200=400mhz with just the tiny bootup beep and ran very stable but when booting up today there was one long beep and no boot just more beeps every now and then,i could not cold reset nor hard rest, i had to power down and remover battery to clear cmos and reboot with default settings and all went well but still at 333mhz settings, i re-configured bios at above settings and there was one long beep and then a small normal beep but the thing booted, does anyone know whats going on or do i have to keep it on 24/7/365. the default setting for the kingmax pc3500 is 2.6v but giga-byte sets it at 2.5v default and 333 instead of 400 but kingmax is backward compat at 333 and 400 but is 433. if set to 333 and 2.5v all is well but i want it at 2.6v and 200/400 as that is what it should be and it will not boot at 200/400 and 2.5v 4-4-7 only 2.6v 4-4-7 2.5cl... set at 4-4-8 2.5cl-2.6v at 200mhz which is what i read as the default of the kingmax pc3500 at 200mhz it does not want to boot either. all because i tested my mates grfx card out all was well before then at 200/400 without mucking about in the bios. sorry this is long but i have to explain. phil. AWARD BIOS Beep Codes 1 short: System boots successfully 2 short: CMOS setting error 1 long 1 short: DRAM or M/B error===this seems to be the beeps but it boots after second short beep?????? 1 long 2 short: Monitor or display card error 1 long 3 short: Keyboard error 1 long 9 short: BIOS ROM error Continuous long beeps: DRAM error===this was the error and no boot... Continuous short beeps: Power error |
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On Sat, 20 Mar 2004 18:34:59 +0000, phil wrote:
the default setting for the kingmax pc3500 is 2.6v but giga-byte sets it at 2.5v default and 333 instead of 400 but kingmax is backward compat at 333 and 400 but is 433. if set to 333 and 2.5v all is well but i want it at 2.6v and 200/400 as that is what it should be and it will not boot at 200/400 and 2.5v 4-4-7 only 2.6v 4-4-7 2.5cl... set at 4-4-8 2.5cl-2.6v at 200mhz which is what i read as the default of the kingmax pc3500 at 200mhz it does not want to boot either. all because i tested my mates grfx card out all was well before then at 200/400 without mucking about in the bios. Try CL3 instaed of 2.5 -- Abit KT7-Raid (KT133) Tbred B core CPU @2400MHz (24x100FSB) http://mysite.verizon.net/res0exft/cpu.htm |
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Wes Newell wrote in
newsan.2004.03.20.19.34.01.892847@TAKEOUTverizon .net: just tried it but it will not boot unless set to giga-byte default at 2.5v-333-CL3 not 400 with the same timings 4-4-8 or 4-4-7... Try CL3 instaed of 2.5 |
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phil wrote:
hello again. i read-up on the settings for the ram and used cpu-z to view current and default settings, then changed to 4-4-7 2.5cl and set manual at 200mhz and voltage 2.6v-it booted and stayed at 200=400mhz with just the tiny bootup beep and ran very stable but when booting up today there was one long beep and no boot just more beeps every now and then,i could not cold reset nor hard rest, i had to power down and remover battery to clear cmos and reboot with default settings and all went well but still at 333mhz settings, i re-configured bios at above settings and there was one long beep and then a small normal beep but the thing booted, does anyone know whats going on or do i have to keep it on 24/7/365. Damn longest sentence I ever saw, fortunately I could breath at the commas :-p Random problems on power on, you say? I say marginal PSU. the default setting for the kingmax pc3500 is 2.6v but giga-byte sets it at 2.5v default and 333 instead of 400 but kingmax is backward compat at 333 and 400 but is 433. if set to 333 and 2.5v all is well but i want it at 2.6v and 200/400 as that is what it should be and it will not boot at 200/400 and 2.5v 4-4-7 only 2.6v 4-4-7 2.5cl... set at 4-4-8 2.5cl-2.6v at 200mhz which is what i read as the default of the kingmax pc3500 at 200mhz it does not want to boot either. all because i tested my mates grfx card out all was well before then at 200/400 without mucking about in the bios. sorry this is long but i have to explain. phil. Perhaps the added strain from the graphics card tipped the PSU over the edge. What happens if you pull out the drives you don't need? (opticals), use only on stick of RAM and pull out the PCI cards you don't need? Does it boot better then? Can you get into the BIOS and see the voltages? Are they sane? i.e., ±5% of spec (5V no lower than 4.75V, etc). Tell us your minimum voltages. Ben -- A7N8X FAQ: www.ben.pope.name/a7n8x_faq.html Questions by email will likely be ignored, please use the newsgroups. I'm not just a number. To many, I'm known as a String... |
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thanks it seemed to be the power supply the 5+volt was way down, another power supply worked a treat. thanks for the help. |
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