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HI !
to start off with, the important bits.
3500 winchester, 2*512 corsair 3200 pro (flashy light stuff) A8V deluxe
after checking the asus website there seems to be a 1017 flash (12/05/05 dd/mm/yy) but i've just got back off a night shift and dont fancy flashing my boobies while still half asleep.
system works stock settings (too much of an idiot to really understand overclocking A64's regardless of having it explained on the phone and reading several guides)
cue new purchase of 2*512 corsair 3200 pro flashy light stuff
replace old ram, system works
put all 2GB in together... bios checksum errors, non bootable hdd's, cpu failure, bios failure, unrecognised cdrom.
replace original ram, system works
run original ram in dual channel 1 sockets = works
run original ram in dual channel 2 sockets (current configuration) = works
*rinse and repeat for new ram* channels 1 and 2 = system works.
for those of you in the know (or otherwise interested, here are the numbers and letters printed on my cpu
ADA3500DIK4BI
CBBFD 0441UPAW
what would i like you to do?
Please tell me either the bad new that either my chip or board just isn't going to handle 2gb ram (despite the manual saying it will on 4*512) or which buttons i need to poke in which order?
apart from the bios flash, is there anything else i can try before resigning my brand new ram to eitehr my dad's machine (which wouldn't appreciate it on a 266 fsb anyway) or back to where it came from?
to start off with, the important bits.
3500 winchester, 2*512 corsair 3200 pro (flashy light stuff) A8V deluxe
after checking the asus website there seems to be a 1017 flash (12/05/05 dd/mm/yy) but i've just got back off a night shift and dont fancy flashing my boobies while still half asleep.
system works stock settings (too much of an idiot to really understand overclocking A64's regardless of having it explained on the phone and reading several guides)
cue new purchase of 2*512 corsair 3200 pro flashy light stuff
replace old ram, system works
put all 2GB in together... bios checksum errors, non bootable hdd's, cpu failure, bios failure, unrecognised cdrom.
replace original ram, system works
run original ram in dual channel 1 sockets = works
run original ram in dual channel 2 sockets (current configuration) = works
*rinse and repeat for new ram* channels 1 and 2 = system works.
for those of you in the know (or otherwise interested, here are the numbers and letters printed on my cpu
ADA3500DIK4BI
CBBFD 0441UPAW
what would i like you to do?
Please tell me either the bad new that either my chip or board just isn't going to handle 2gb ram (despite the manual saying it will on 4*512) or which buttons i need to poke in which order?
apart from the bios flash, is there anything else i can try before resigning my brand new ram to eitehr my dad's machine (which wouldn't appreciate it on a 266 fsb anyway) or back to where it came from?