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Can't pair memory on GA-8PE667
This board works OK with 1 256 Mb PNY DDR400 or 1 Kingston 512 Mb
DDR333. However, if I fit either of these types in pairs, XP won't boot. Each of the 4 sticks works OK on its own. At boot the memory speed is reported as 333 MHz. The CPU is 3.06 GHz 533 MHz FSB with hyperthreading enabled in the bios. Any suggestions please? Do I have to change a bios setting? DM |
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Can't pair memory on GA-8PE667
"dormouse" dormouse@.. wrote in message
... This board works OK with 1 256 Mb PNY DDR400 or 1 Kingston 512 Mb DDR333. However, if I fit either of these types in pairs, XP won't boot. Each of the 4 sticks works OK on its own. At boot the memory speed is reported as 333 MHz. The CPU is 3.06 GHz 533 MHz FSB with hyperthreading enabled in the bios. Any suggestions please? Do I have to change a bios setting? DM Just a wild guess; check that the BIOS option 'Top Performance' is disabled. Another thing you could try is to 'Load Optimised Defaults' in the BIOS to reset all the settings. Just take down notes of what all the settings are currently, before loading defaults, just in case something stops working. One of the common settings needing adjustment after loading defaults is to disable on-board AC-97 audio if you have a PCI sound card installed. Also, on most Gigabyte boards, there are extra, hidden advanced options in the BIOS that are accessed by pressing "Ctrl+F1" at the Main BIOS Menu screen. Cheers, John S. |
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Can't pair memory on GA-8PE667
On Tue, 28 Feb 2006 12:45:50 GMT, "Muttley" wrote:
"dormouse" dormouse@.. wrote in message .. . This board works OK with 1 256 Mb PNY DDR400 or 1 Kingston 512 Mb DDR333. However, if I fit either of these types in pairs, XP won't boot. Each of the 4 sticks works OK on its own. At boot the memory speed is reported as 333 MHz. The CPU is 3.06 GHz 533 MHz FSB with hyperthreading enabled in the bios. Any suggestions please? Do I have to change a bios setting? DM Just a wild guess; check that the BIOS option 'Top Performance' is disabled. Another thing you could try is to 'Load Optimised Defaults' in the BIOS to reset all the settings. Just take down notes of what all the settings are currently, before loading defaults, just in case something stops working. One of the common settings needing adjustment after loading defaults is to disable on-board AC-97 audio if you have a PCI sound card installed. Also, on most Gigabyte boards, there are extra, hidden advanced options in the BIOS that are accessed by pressing "Ctrl+F1" at the Main BIOS Menu screen. Cheers, John S. Hi John Your wild guess was spot-on, "Top Performance" was set to "enabled", and disabling it did the trick - but I don't understand why! Thanks. The handbook doesn't explain exactly what this setting does, it just says to have it enabled to maximise the performance of your system. It also implies that you need it enabled if you want to overclock (which I don't). Thanks also for the info about advanced options, didn't know that either. DM ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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Can't pair memory on GA-8PE667
Hi "dormouse" dormouse@..
It's a bit too late but still, I'm just curies. I run the same mo/bo at the moment, with Pentium 4 - 2.4 MHz . When I tried to upgrade the CPU to Pentium 4 - 3.0 MHz - the mo/bo did not respond. I took that as a limitation of mo/bo to say 2.8 MHz....??? But if I understand well, you're saying that you run: The CPU is 3.06 GHz 533 MHz FSB with hyperthreading So, it'd appear that this mo/bo is capable to run Pentium 4 - 3.0MHz or even higher? I'd appreciate if you could respond to this question. Thanks - Jdr "dormouse" dormouse@.. wrote in message ... On Tue, 28 Feb 2006 12:45:50 GMT, "Muttley" wrote: "dormouse" dormouse@.. wrote in message . .. This board works OK with 1 256 Mb PNY DDR400 or 1 Kingston 512 Mb DDR333. However, if I fit either of these types in pairs, XP won't boot. Each of the 4 sticks works OK on its own. At boot the memory speed is reported as 333 MHz. The CPU is 3.06 GHz 533 MHz FSB with hyperthreading enabled in the bios. Any suggestions please? Do I have to change a bios setting? DM Just a wild guess; check that the BIOS option 'Top Performance' is disabled. Another thing you could try is to 'Load Optimised Defaults' in the BIOS to reset all the settings. Just take down notes of what all the settings are currently, before loading defaults, just in case something stops working. One of the common settings needing adjustment after loading defaults is to disable on-board AC-97 audio if you have a PCI sound card installed. Also, on most Gigabyte boards, there are extra, hidden advanced options in the BIOS that are accessed by pressing "Ctrl+F1" at the Main BIOS Menu screen. Cheers, John S. Hi John Your wild guess was spot-on, "Top Performance" was set to "enabled", and disabling it did the trick - but I don't understand why! Thanks. The handbook doesn't explain exactly what this setting does, it just says to have it enabled to maximise the performance of your system. It also implies that you need it enabled if you want to overclock (which I don't). Thanks also for the info about advanced options, didn't know that either. DM ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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