Recent content by farmersdaughter

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    Motherboard and Ram Problem

    It's definitely the board. I broke down and went through the hassle of what I really didn't want to do. Put a different AMD cpu that's also compatible with the board on, and got the exact same results with the ram. At least I have the peace of mind of knowing for sure it isn't the Phenom. So...
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    Motherboard and Ram Problem

    Personally, I try to blot those weekends out of my memory. Guess that's why I've done it more than once. My final questions remains though....Is this single channel only mode indicative of a defective piece of hardware? Are there tweaks, bios or otherwise, that can be implemented to enable...
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    Motherboard and Ram Problem

    It's getting complicated now, isn't it?!?! With both ram kits the system would post and boot only if I installed one stick...dead as a doornail when I tried to use both sticks in dual channel mode. I can get the system to post and boot using both sticks of PC8500 in single channel mode...in...
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    Motherboard and Ram Problem

    Trying voltage of 2.1 with everything else at default gave the same results. However, installing the sticks in single channel mode allowed my system to post and boot! It's not exactly what I want, but I'll take it for now. Ram and timing issues aren't exactly my strong suit, so what exactly...
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    Motherboard and Ram Problem

    Thanks for the suggestions jkresh. I haven't tried either of those, so it's worth a shot. I'll post back with results. Absolutely nothing happens with both sticks in. The fans spin up (CPU and case) but that's it. No post at all...No beeps, no sign of monitor or hard drive life...
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    Motherboard and Ram Problem

    Thanks for the welcome BonzaiDuck...Love your sense of humor. I really am a farmers daughter but to tell the truth it's been nearly as long since I was on a horse also! Heaven only knows where you might go with that one! But on to business. To the question both of you asked, I have tried...
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    Motherboard and Ram Problem

    I just purchased an Asrock A780FullDisplayPort and I can't get it to play nice with the memory. The CPU is a Phenom 9850 Black Edition. Using PC8500 memory at 1066 (2 x 2gb) I cannot get the board to post with both sticks installed no matter how I physically configure the sticks on the board...