A7n8x Ram Problems

airyKairyK Join Date: 2002-12-19 Member: 11126Members
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<div class="IPBDescription">can anyone help me on this?</div> well today i just got my new system parts got everything together and turned it on. nothing happend, no beeps or anything. sat there for a few minutes thinking what could be happening and why i didnt hear any beeps. then i remembered that asus boards have vocal audio error messages, so i plugged in my headphones in the jack and heard memory error.
so i pulled one stick out and and left the other stick of ram in the first dimm slot, didnt work same problem tryed them all up to slot 3, slot 3 worked and got it to post no problems after that.

so this is my problem my memory banks 1 and 2 do not work but 3 does. im using corsair 3200LLPT ram that came in a twinX package 256mbyte sticks. both sticks work when i put them in slot 3 its just that 1 and 2 dont work whatever i do. i have reseated them several times and tryed different configurations. the motherboard is the A7N8X Deluxe revision 2 using the 1005 bios.. so can anyone can clue me in what the problem is with my board / ram ... i really dont want to RMA this board back.
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  • Soylent_greenSoylent_green Join Date: 2002-12-20 Member: 11220Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    If you had access to a stick of RAM that works nicely with the board you could update the bios and see if it solves the issues.
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  • esunaesuna Rock Bottom Join Date: 2003-04-03 Member: 15175Members, Constellation
    Ok, i've done a <a href='http://www.ocworkbench.com/2002/asus/a7n8x/a7n8xgallery2.htm' target='_blank'>bit</a> of <a href='http://pcworld.pricegrabber.com/rating_getprodrev.php/product_id=706746/id_type=M/ut=d99eaedc2f1a36c0' target='_blank'>browsing</a> and what i've managed to figure out is that if you wish to use this ram in slots 1 and 2 (utilising the Dual Channel DDR) you also must have one DDR in slot 3. No idea why, not sure if i'm right, but give it a try dude. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • airyKairyK Join Date: 2002-12-19 Member: 11126Members
    thats the problem, only slot 3 works, either 1 or 2 wont work...
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  • esunaesuna Rock Bottom Join Date: 2003-04-03 Member: 15175Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin--[2iD]EriC[LdR]+Aug 14 2003, 10:35 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> ([2iD]EriC[LdR] @ Aug 14 2003, 10:35 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> thats the problem, only slot 3 works, either 1 or 2 wont work... <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    As i said, from what i could gather that to make slot 1 and 2 work you <b>must</b> have something working in slot 3 also.
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  • airyKairyK Join Date: 2002-12-19 Member: 11126Members
    i currently have one stick of 256mbyte corsair 3200LLPT in the 3rd slot, when ever i add a second stick in either slot 1 or 2 it will give me a memory error...
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  • airyKairyK Join Date: 2002-12-19 Member: 11126Members
    w00 problem solved! i got to thinking... what if the memory banks were shorting out? so i took out the case mounts that were unused from back of my lian li case... stuck in the ram and booted and bam! worked at a total of 512 ram on dual channel mode. thanks guys for the help, and thanks ::esuna:: for the links.
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  • esunaesuna Rock Bottom Join Date: 2003-04-03 Member: 15175Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin--[2iD]EriC[LdR]+Aug 14 2003, 11:13 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> ([2iD]EriC[LdR] @ Aug 14 2003, 11:13 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> w00 problem solved! i got to thinking... what if the memory banks were shorting out? so i took out the case mounts that were unused from back of my lian li case... stuck in the ram and booted and bam! worked at a total of 512 ram on dual channel mode. thanks guys for the help, and thanks ::esuna:: for the links. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Heh, glad i was of some help. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
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