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Mitzlplik_SP
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OK first off here is my info on system and specs:
Win XP Pro SP3 (32 bit)
MSI K9A2 Platinum (MS-7376 ver:1.0)
AMD 2.3g Phenom
2 gigs Kingston PC2-6400 800 mgz DDR2
Nvidia 9800GT GPU
320g Seagate HD
650 watt Ultra PS
Has no onboard video.
OK,here is the trouble. I just bought this PC within the last couple weeks. It came with 2 gigs of RAM. This mobo will max at 8 gigs for 32 bit but I`m only intrested in 4 gigs. So I bought 2 more sticks of ram to match exactly what is in it already and it does. Should be as simple as powering down/unplug and install right?Normally yes....but this is what happens when i do it in this rig.....
Right out of the box it has 4 slots for ram. 1,2,3,4..... factory installed ram is in 1 and 3 and works fine. I get the new ram tonight (identical) and plug it into slots 2 & 4. After filling the 4 slots,I plug it back in and power it up........................... NOTHING. While all the fans kick on and the PC IS running,the light on the monitor which is supposed to be green is still yellow. There are NO beeps while I boot up and no obvious red flags except for no monitor and no keyboard lights and whatnot.
I turn everything off/unplug and pull out 2 and 4 and boom,it refires and says this:
Previous performance of overclocking has failed.The system is restored to default setup,press any key except delete to enter setup....."I hit the anykey" than it counted the ram at 2048 and showed this message:
DQS training failed on previous boot,reverted to slower DRAM speed. Press F1 to resume.
OK,so all is well,the PC is back up and running but it will not let me install this new ram. I`ve even tried taking the ram out of 1,3 and putting that same ram into 1,2 and it will not start. The only way this thing will fire up is with ram in the 1,3 slots.
I`ve found nothing on this subject on my mobo makers website and am currently googling it hoping to figure this out.
Any advice on this would be greatly appreciated,thanks.
Win XP Pro SP3 (32 bit)
MSI K9A2 Platinum (MS-7376 ver:1.0)
AMD 2.3g Phenom
2 gigs Kingston PC2-6400 800 mgz DDR2
Nvidia 9800GT GPU
320g Seagate HD
650 watt Ultra PS
Has no onboard video.
OK,here is the trouble. I just bought this PC within the last couple weeks. It came with 2 gigs of RAM. This mobo will max at 8 gigs for 32 bit but I`m only intrested in 4 gigs. So I bought 2 more sticks of ram to match exactly what is in it already and it does. Should be as simple as powering down/unplug and install right?Normally yes....but this is what happens when i do it in this rig.....
Right out of the box it has 4 slots for ram. 1,2,3,4..... factory installed ram is in 1 and 3 and works fine. I get the new ram tonight (identical) and plug it into slots 2 & 4. After filling the 4 slots,I plug it back in and power it up........................... NOTHING. While all the fans kick on and the PC IS running,the light on the monitor which is supposed to be green is still yellow. There are NO beeps while I boot up and no obvious red flags except for no monitor and no keyboard lights and whatnot.
I turn everything off/unplug and pull out 2 and 4 and boom,it refires and says this:
Previous performance of overclocking has failed.The system is restored to default setup,press any key except delete to enter setup....."I hit the anykey" than it counted the ram at 2048 and showed this message:
DQS training failed on previous boot,reverted to slower DRAM speed. Press F1 to resume.
OK,so all is well,the PC is back up and running but it will not let me install this new ram. I`ve even tried taking the ram out of 1,3 and putting that same ram into 1,2 and it will not start. The only way this thing will fire up is with ram in the 1,3 slots.
I`ve found nothing on this subject on my mobo makers website and am currently googling it hoping to figure this out.
Any advice on this would be greatly appreciated,thanks.