Why does my motherboard call my SDRAM NVRAM at startup?

[OmnipotentSpleen]

That's what my Asus K7M w/ newest bios says at bootup. "Checking NVRAM" and then displays my SDRAM counting to is max amount.

???

Anyone else get this? Anyone know why it does this?

 

[Jeff7]

Question answered. 😀

Ok, guess I'll post the answer too; 😛

It first checks the Non Volitile RAM on the motherboard, then proceeds to check the system's main RAM.

 

[Haribo]

After a while SDRAM turns into NVRAM as the transistors get's old, it's a part of it's cycle nothing to worry about.

 

[Jeff7]

What?? sDRAM can't change states. The stuff is either manufactured to be SDRAM or NVRAM. It can't just change itself over time. If anything SDRAM would lose its ability to retain data over time.

 

[Haribo]

You think? :Q


😉

 

[Jeff7]

😛

 

[Ionizer86]

I noted the same thing on my cousin's computer. It's an AMD 750 chipset MSI board (forgot the name of the board). Nothing to worry about.