Techies untie! Help a idiot in distress!

Fencer128

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Jun 18, 2001
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Actually I posted this (or something similar) a while earlier in a couple of sites, including this one and still haven't had a single reply. I can't be the only person with this problem. PLEASE help me :)

I've recently purchased another Crucial PC1600 DDR 256MB dimm to add to my existing (identical) one. Even though the bios Asus A7M266's bios detects everything ok, when I get to the point where the OS (win 2k sp2) begins to boot the system freezes and I get nothing but a blank screen. Taking out either dimm returns the system to normal and it boots again.

I read on Asus's site (July mainboard column) that the A7M266 has this problem and that the answer is to flash to the latest bios and change the RAM voltage (which I've done, tested on all 3 settings). This does not work for me however. Any advice guys/girls?

Andy
 

Kill_Phil

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call asus and tell em, seems like you may not have an answer, maby its a defective board.

edit: or reinstall your os
 

Fencer128

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Tried several reinstalls, don't think it's a defective board so much as a defective design...have seen a couple of similar posts from people in other forums, no solutions as yet though. The Asus site mentions a VERY similar problem in their "July mainboard column" however the fix they suggest doesn't work for me :(
 

Mem

Lifer
Apr 23, 2000
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Hmmm tough one this, if Asus can`t fix it we are suppose to ;)anyway have you tried different memory speed settings in Bios I would play with these.