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Steady beep when adding 2nd stick

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Striff

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Hello and thanks for your help!

Specs:

AMD 64 3200+
Gigabyte GA-K8NS Pro
1 Gig OCZ 3500 Duel Channel
BFG Ge-Force 6800 GT

To make a long story short:

I turned off my computer last night properly and everything was working.

When I turned it on today, it would post and the first screen would show up (one that says press del for setup) and it would freeze there. Ok I restarted it, and it would get to the transition screen between BIOS and the windows screen and freeze.

Restarted, it got to the first screen and froze. I took out my RAM and started the process of elimination. It seems when ever I would put in a 2nd stick of RAM, it would do the freeze thing. I put on 1 and updated my bios to the F10 version. I stuck in the 2nd stick and it would give me the long steady beep during POST (Which in Award means memory error). If I took out the other stick and only had one in, it would post fine, I even switched it and it worked, which means both RAM sticks are fine it seems.

I cleared CMOS via jumper and that didn't do anything.

Does anyone have any recomendation what I can do to make it work with two sticks of RAM? Maybe its a bios function since by RAM is duel channel? If not, do you think it is my RAM or my Mobo that is damaged?

Thanks! =)
 
Yup.

Seems no matter the combination, order, or slot, when ever I add that 2nd RAM stick I get the steady beep.
 
Are you overclocking? are the voltage readings within specs, cpu as well as RAM? Of course test it with only the minimum setup, cpu, 1 ram, cpu fan, vid card and maybe HDD.
 
I tried looking at the voltage and it looked ok. I have tried it with only vid card,ram,and cpu and it didnt work...
 
Originally posted by: Striff
Hello and thanks for your help!

Specs:

AMD 64 3200+
Gigabyte GA-K8NS Pro
1 Gig OCZ 3500 Duel Channel
BFG Ge-Force 6800 GT

To make a long story short:

I turned off my computer last night properly and everything was working.

When I turned it on today, it would post and the first screen would show up (one that says press del for setup) and it would freeze there. Ok I restarted it, and it would get to the transition screen between BIOS and the windows screen and freeze.

Restarted, it got to the first screen and froze. I took out my RAM and started the process of elimination. It seems when ever I would put in a 2nd stick of RAM, it would do the freeze thing. I put on 1 and updated my bios to the F10 version. I stuck in the 2nd stick and it would give me the long steady beep during POST (Which in Award means memory error). If I took out the other stick and only had one in, it would post fine, I even switched it and it worked, which means both RAM sticks are fine it seems.

I cleared CMOS via jumper and that didn't do anything.

Does anyone have any recomendation what I can do to make it work with two sticks of RAM? Maybe its a bios function since by RAM is duel channel? If not, do you think it is my RAM or my Mobo that is damaged?

Thanks! =)
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Exact same thing happened to me a few years ago. I RMA'd the mobo.
 
The board was normally working before with both sticks in? Or did it just happened when you added the 2nd stick. If it used to work with two sticks in, then mostly it's a mobo problem. Check the limitations on the type and combination of rams you can use on this mobo. Here
 
If you can get into the bios, set it so it does the extended memory check. If it fails during this check, then it could be your memory. If you have another computer or a friend's to try the components, that would be ideal. There's always a chance the Mobo has gone bad.
 
The 2 sticks or RAM and motherboard combo have been running fine for 3/4 of a year, then out of the blue yesterday when I turned it on, it didn't work.

Lemodular2, I cant even get into the BIOS with two sticks of RAM in. I have put those two sticks into my other computer and my other computer worked fine with both sticks of RAM in.
 
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