Error after memory upgrade

rfjr23 2005-02-09 18:04:57 UTC #1

I have been running 512 DDR 3200 and I put another 512 in today and right after started coming up with an IDE error

Can someone tell me what I need to do to fix this error? It does read the memory and recogognises the 1gb ram. But i get the error and now have to reactivate XP but I would like to get this fixed before I activate

thanks for any help

p.s all the memory is the same 4x256mb ddr pc3200 geil value series

rfjr23 2005-02-09 18:09:27 UTC #2

sorry forgot but here are some pics of it

rfjr23 2005-02-09 20:58:54 UTC #3

After talking with ASUS they are telling me that the issue is with the speed of the memory and told me to look on the memory and there should be some numbers there

which are DDR 400 CL = 2.5-8-4-4

but the problem is that when i go into the bios to set it, the numbers do not match up.

Anyone have any kind of clue? I will be contacting Geil in the morning because they are closed right now. I was just wanting to fix this error before i head to bed

thanks for any help

drpino 2005-02-09 21:02:54 UTC #4

2.5 - 8 - 4 - 4
Cas - Tras - Trcd - Trp

rfjr23 2005-02-09 21:29:42 UTC #5

Here are my options

Latency 2 , 2.5 , 3

RAS 2 , 3 , 4

RAS# to CAS # 2 , 3 , 4

Precharge 5 , 6 , 7 , 8

Burst 4 8

The funny part is that in the controll panel under syatem is shows the full 1gb of ram

drpino 2005-02-09 22:19:28 UTC #6

set precharge delay to auto....doesn't look like you have tras adjustment.

rfjr23 2005-02-09 22:41:52 UTC #7

I can only set precharge to 5/6/7/8 clocks

drpino 2005-02-09 22:45:22 UTC #8

what you have looks fine then.

rfjr23 2005-02-09 22:48:16 UTC #9

thanks for the help drpino ASUS told me to cal Geil as I was guessing that the slots were having an issue. Ill post results tommorow or later today(12:46 PM here)

drpino 2005-02-09 22:55:37 UTC #10

good luck...sorry couldn't be of more help.

brantdk 2005-02-09 23:59:01 UTC #11

try putting the fastest ram first. Try with only the newest ram by it self, too see if it runs. I dont see why the ram will play around with your IDE. Microsoft usually says that when installing more ram, then a reinstall would be a good ideal. It was like that with the older version of Windows. Dont know if that is still the case with XP. Windows works alittle differnt with more/less ram. At least thatÂ´s what M$ says.

There is usually a setting to set your ram to Auto, I dont understand why you dont have this. If you have 2 differnt speeds, the slowest speed is always used for both componets. Try to set your BIOS to default setting...or see if there is a BIOS upgrade.

Let us know how you fix it.

rfjr23 2005-02-10 13:39:22 UTC #12

ok agter all the mess of being on the phone with ASUS and Geil and doing what they say nothing help so I decided to do a clean install and everything is great now

Can someone tell me how to change the names of the drives? Now with the fresh install it has change c: to f: and so on and i would just like the hd with the OS as the c:

brantdk 2005-02-10 13:50:36 UTC #13

Hej dude, when you install the OS, you are ask which partition to install it on. Second, if you are running Xp, if you move the C: around with other drive names, then you will have to edit the boot.ini to tell windows which drive to start from.

Go to admin tools in the control panel.
Computer Management
Disk Management
Right click on the Partition
Change Drive letters.

Free one up before taking over the letter.

Becareful about this because you will have to change the boot.ini or from managment console run fixboot.exe. If this was on any other partition then the C: then it would be no problem changing drive letters

rfjr23 2005-02-10 15:17:19 UTC #14

that sounds like to trouble plus I dont want to risk anything with the boot.ini

Next time i will remember to removve the sata drives first:iagree::iagree:

brantdk 2005-02-10 23:09:59 UTC #15

Just take a copy of your boot.ini before you start.

EightPaws 2005-02-11 08:37:47 UTC #16

Also, when you change drive letters, be sure to reboot. Not all of the Windows management modules get updated until you reboot. If you bring up Windows Explorer, it may still show the old drive letters. If you open my computer and click view/refresh, it may update the letters, but a reboot is best.

Nemesys 2005-02-11 09:22:10 UTC #17

The Operating System will not allow you to change the drive letter on the System drive using the Disk Manager snap in. Even so, this could have dire consequences on installed programs depending on the installation partition.

Though it is possible to do this by modifying Registry entries, it is not a recommended procedure unless the Operating System was originally installed on the C:\ partition and somehow the drive letters were changed without your intervention. This is not the case here, as you have chosen to delete the original C:\ partition thus assigning the next available partition to the C:\ designation, instead of just formatting the original C:\ partition.

How To Restore the System/Boot Drive Letter in Windows

brantdk 2005-02-11 14:15:11 UTC #18

Yes it can be done, Iv written a manual on how you can do it, but I really dont want to use a whole Friday night on it here.

Ill give you some Hint words so that you can get started, google your way to it.

Microsft has a program called SYSPREP.exe. It was included in Windows 2000 cd. It getÂ´s your pc ready for imaging. After you have set up a computer like you want it, then you run sysprep. Answer the questions that it prompts you for. Rememeber the switches that can be used with the program. The most important one is /pnp. This will make windows search for your hardware after reboot.

Reboot the computer with a imaging program like Ghost/Drive image. remember to use the newest version of Ghost/Drive image if you are working with XP. Image the harddrive. Save the image to a local location or cd.

Restore the image to the partition that you want. After you have reboot with the correct partition, Windows will run the mini setup wizard and search for your hardware.

Like I said, this is just a very fast explanation about the sysprep program.

The wife is waiting with coffee so Ill leave the rest up to you. Google for the info that you need but you can find alot of it on Microsofts website.

Partition Magic has also a tool to move all setting and register setting to a new location, but I dont know if it can do the C:<