Cant Get System to boot with 2x(1g)sticks

mad_weegie · 3 Feb 2007 at 00:20

AMD 64 3500+ Winnie
ECS nforce4 a939 Motherboard (Latest Bios)
2 x 1Gig of 3200 DDR OCZ Platinum

It will boot with 1 stick only. Put 2 in and its beeping and no display. I aint got a clue about timings and whatever else! Just posting incase someone had same sorta setup and knew what to recommend.

mishima · 3 Feb 2007 at 17:27

Have you tried both sticks on their own? and have you tried both sticks in ALL slots on their own?

Based on that you can eliminate whether you have either:

1. Faulty memory module
2. Faulty motherboard

axc09 · 3 Feb 2007 at 20:13

This is wierd,I am haveing the same problem with a foxconn mb,e6300,and giel value memory. either stick in any of the 4 slots no probs both sticks together in any combination total b***s up.

Junk · 4 Feb 2007 at 00:45

high end ram often needs the voltage upping to work properly

boot with 1 stick if that works, up the voltage to the recommended voltage for the ram and try again.

Fazza · 4 Feb 2007 at 10:17

Ram issues....

You may be getting the same issue as me (See thread http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17687833).

Try reducing ram speed manually to 166mhz or putting the ram in slots 2&3 instead of 1&2, this will automaticly reduce speed.

I'm still trying to find an answer for my issue but I did read somewhere that theres a possiblity of early AMD 64 chips not supporting two double sided ram chips at full speed. Dont know if anyone has any further details?

- Ian

Fazza · 4 Feb 2007 at 11:08

Found an answer to mine. I think your mobo is a new socket than mine tho.

If your mobo has 3 ram slots (single channel), try using slots 1 and 3.