How can you tell if your rdram is bad? (ga-8ihxp)

[uhoh7]

I'm upgrading:

Gigabyte GA-8IHXP, P4 2.53 (533fsb), 2x 256 rd ram 1066, GF4 t1 4600

Real nightmare i'm afraid.

on post it says: rambus host frequency 400/133

when I try to set the ram in bios to 1066 system locks and i must reset bios. it will boot in auto mode.

when i load win 98 (i want a dual boot with xp ) i get ipf s all over the place. With xp i get "serious errors".

I have replaced the motherboard and switched the hard drive-- no diff

another sympton is constantly corrupt downloads, very unusual with my cable connection.

something is up and it has to be either rd ram or cpu- both new of course. Since the ram is generic I suspect it.

any tips appreciated and or bios setting which might cause such a problem.

uhoh

 

[SaiNRuB]

Insure rimms are fully seated.

Update to F4 BIOS.

Clear the CMOS and load Defaults.

Reinstall your OS.



Let us know how it goes!


I have 2 of these boards and I sleep with em

 

[uhoh7]

I did both already-- same problems

rambus/host frequency 400 133

does it think my processor is a 400 fsb?
or that my ram is pc 800?

ty uhoh

 

[SaiNRuB]

Our you running ocz rimms?


I hope not, thats just overclocked pc800 and spd will recognize it as that.

 

[uhoh7]

jeez- i sure appreciate your replies

NO this is factory 1066 ram

Please answer my simple question about post screen

uhoh7

 

[CloudsShinji]

First of all, not to be rude but you did say it was generic RAM. Are you absolutely sure it isn't overclocked PC800? You mentioned that when you set it to PC1066 in the BIOS, it locks up. Sounds like a RAM problem, I'm afraid. Since it's autodetecting it as PC800 (i.e. the 400 you see on the RamBus/Host Frequency at POST), then, like SaiNRuB said, it might just be o/c'd PC800...

But try flashing to the latest BIOS (F6 now, BTW) and see if that helps. Otherwise... see if you can get your hands on some different RAM.

Also, you can overvolt the RIMMs. I have to admit I don't really know if that would help in this case but it did help me overclock mine up to PC1200 speeds.

 

[Zoinks]

...the latest BIOS (F6 now, BTW) ...

Where do you find F6? I can only find F4! Please post a link.

 

[CloudsShinji]

Here you go:

http://ftp.gigabyte.com.tw/support/temp/8ihxp_f6.zip


Their links on their pages are screwed up (clicking on BIOS for i850E chipsets takes you to the 845 page), but this direct link works. Personally, I used the Gigabyte @BIOS Writer Windows-based BIOS flash utility, but that link will get you the BIOS as well.

Hope that helps.

 

[Zoinks]

Thanks!