Having problems with a P4PE and 512 stick of DDR

[solrak55]

I'm having problems with an ASUS P4PE mobo using 1 stick of 512 megs of DDR 2700, I'm not being able to boot into windows and when I do, the system hangs or even locks up.
When I try with 2 sticks of 256megs, the PC works fine, but as soon as I try with 1 stick of 512 problems start again.
Anybody having the same problems?
Need advice!
Thanks.

 

[Budman]

What slot are you putting the ram in?

Some mobos must have double side ram in a specific slot,usualy 1 & 2,check your manual for confirmation.

 

[Jgtdragon]

Try run memtest on that 1 stick of 512mb to see its a bad ram.

 

[THUGSROOK]

yes,
run memtest86. (all 11 tests ~ hit c-2-3-0)
its a bootable floppy so it will eliminate OS problems.
make sure the ram is in slot 1.
use the latest bios (older bios's had boot bugs) but clear bios before flashing.
(or just clear bios)

try lame cas and turbo off if it fails.

HTH

 

[solrak55]

Thanks guys but this is the 3rd stick of mem I use, 1st was a generic of DDR 3200, next was one with Sparc Tek chips and the last one is one with infineons on it, both DDR 2700, they are all double sidded with 16 chips (8 per side) and I tried all in different slots, I wish I could run some test, but systems hangs at boot even in the BIOS setup screen!:Q
I'm P*%$^# off at this point.:|
LOL

 

[THUGSROOK]

sounds like all bad qual mem

stop on over and well toss my white label XMS 3k in it and see what she does?
(he's local to me)

LMK

 

[solrak55]

Yeah, Darren, I guess that would be great, whre do you want to meet and when?

Pm on the way.