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BIOS reporting RAM differently each time

  • 16-12-2004 1:10pm
    #1
    darraghrogan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 309 ✭✭


    Hi all,

    Has anyone ever come across a mobo that reports the ram differently at each boot?

    I'm running an ECS K7S5A board with an athlon xp 1700 cpu. Lately the machine refused to boot and after wiping the hd in another machine when I try reinstall XP I'm told NT needs at least 7 Meg of RAM.

    I presumed that the 256 stick in the machine was dud so bought a stick of 512 3200 ddr but that didn't improve matters.

    Out of curiosity I put the 512 and 256 in together and depending on the orientation of the moons I either hav 768mb or 655mb.

    Anyone ever had a similar problem? From reading other posts, could my PSU have given up the ghost?

    Thanks,

    Darragh


Comments

  • #2
    Occidental
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,315 ✭✭✭Occidental


    Leave your first slot empty and see how the 256 or 512 behave in slot 2.


  • #3
    TacT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,400 ✭✭✭TacT


    Used to have one of those niggly boards but never had any problems like that with it so really have no idea. Good place to get help is www.ocworkbench.com forums though


  • #4
    darraghrogan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 309 ✭✭darraghrogan


    TacT wrote:
    Used to have one of those niggly boards but never had any problems like that with it so really have no idea. Good place to get help is www.ocworkbench.com forums though

    I've setup 5 K7S5A boards over the last few years, and all of them run CheepoBios! Only problem was the boards kept forgetting the bios settings every few months - very reliable otherwise.

    Took the crappy 256 RAM out and put the stick of new 512 int he second slot, and the XP error message came up again. Interestingly, a Linux Live CD for mandrake 10 worked...didn't work before. Perhaps my memory chipset is acting up? SIS 735 IIRC.

    Darragh


  • #5
    jessy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 950 ✭✭✭jessy


    did you check for a bios update?


  • #6
    darraghrogan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 309 ✭✭darraghrogan


    jessy wrote:
    did you check for a bios update?

    I updated the BIOS anyhow just in case it had gotten corrupted...

    Darragh


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  • #7
    Occidental
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,315 ✭✭✭Occidental


    darragh,

    Sounds as if the motherboard is screwed. Can't imagine that both chips being faulty, but I presume you haven't got another board you can try them on?


  • #8
    darraghrogan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 309 ✭✭darraghrogan


    Occidental wrote:
    darragh,

    Sounds as if the motherboard is screwed. Can't imagine that both chips being faulty, but I presume you haven't got another board you can try them on?

    I don't want to concede it! But I have to agree - no dramatic event occurred that I can point to and say "That caused my computer to die"

    Except my brothers using it... ;)

    Might consider 64bit of some description - my ram should be up to it as would the video card, monitor and hard discs. Just a new mobo, cpu and I'll treat myself to a case!

    Thanks,

    Darragh


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