Recent content by jwwill01

Thanks for all the help. It is greatly appreciated. FYI, I am now running with memory in slots 1,2,and 3, but get the error if I put in the 4th stick. I was not able to run with this configuration two days ago, but still a no-go on all four at the same time.

Actually, I'm confused now. The spot in the BIOS where I had set to AHCI was on the CTRL1 and CTRL2 ports, which I don't have anything plugged into. Would that have still caused Windows to get screwy? If not, the I don't know why it is working now and wasn't earlier.

Crisis averted ( I think). I realized I enabled AHCI by mistake, which my Raptor didn't like too well :o Now if I could just figure out why I can't use DDR slots 1 & 2 at the same time!!!!!

I think I messed up. I upgraded my bios from F3 to F5b to try and get all four of my memory slots to work together. That went fine. Booted into Windows with Optimized Defaults with no problem. Shut down pc to test ram. Using all four slots still won't work. I took out all but slot 2...

Thank you very much for the help. I will give that a try.

Thanks everyone for the help so far. Here is an update. I tried just my original two sticks of ram, but in slots 1&2 instead of 1&3. Same problem. Long beeps and no post. I changed it back out and went into the BIOS, set the speed manually at 533 (was 800). Put ram back into slot 2 and...

Does that mean I can just save the file to C:\ and point the bios update to that instead of even using a floppy at all? That would be nice. I've never done it that way. Always used a floppy.

Thank you for your quick repsonse. My board is a rev1. All sticks are the same part number, but ordered at different times. I have not tried 2 sticks with one in slot 2, but will do so later tonight. Also will manually set the speed at the slower speeds. One more question: I cannot...

Hello all, I just tried to upgrade my board from 2x1GB to 4x1GB ram. All Patriot PC2-6400 SLI-ready running at 4-4-4-12 and 2.2V. Problem is that it won't post with all four sticks in. I get the long beep, then nothing. I have swapped out the sticks and all combinations run fine with 3...

Mission accomplished

Beacon147 Have you tried that CD-ROM and disk on another pc to verify that it isn't one of those? Disk read error sounds 'iffy' Don't give up. I'm sure you'll find the problem!

I'm at work right now, so I'll update this a little later. Here is what I can remember for now: Current BIOS: F3 CPU:E6600 Week:645 Code:G Mult:8 FSB:400 Stepping:6 CPU Revision: B2 OS:Win XP Pro x32 Cooling:Zalman 9700 RAM:2x 1Gb Patriot DDR2 800Mhz (Not on approved list...

I have had this board running for a little over a week now and everything seems to be good. I have the E6600 running 400x8 right now and seems stable. I am hoping for better quad core support for a future upgrade though. Couple of minor issues, but overall, very satisfied so far.

Ummm... Newegg says it has been deactivated. Maybe not a good sign?