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Ive got a self built Pc with
Asus K8V Deluxe
256 DDR Ram pc3200 400MHz, CL3 (one stick)
200Gig SATA HDD
128mg FX5200 Video Card
Last month i got a new stick of RAM the same type and company, when i put it
in Bioss says 512 windows loaded and just before the welcome screen (windows
xp sp2) there will be a black screen with a mouse arrow then 3 secounds
later it reboots and goes around and around, the new ram workes by its self,
there are 3 slots on the MoBo, and ive put them in every order and nothing
working, tryed installing XP and repairing but it freezes before it starts
doing any work, ive tryed with out all the extras (modem, sound, network, tv
card) and that didnt help.) i tryed differetn stick of ram and same
problem., safe mode stops loading at Drvmain.sdb, all the other same modes,
vga modes donst gt anyware, they all make the PC reboot.
I NEED HELP, ANY IDEAS?
 

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Matthew Brawn wrote:

> Ive got a self built Pc with
> Asus K8V Deluxe
> 256 DDR Ram pc3200 400MHz, CL3 (one stick)
> 200Gig SATA HDD
> 128mg FX5200 Video Card
> Last month i got a new stick of RAM the same type and company, when i
> put it in Bioss says 512 windows loaded and just before the welcome
> screen (windows xp sp2) there will be a black screen with a mouse
> arrow then 3 secounds later it reboots and goes around and around, the
> new ram workes by its self, there are 3 slots on the MoBo, and ive put
> them in every order and nothing working, tryed installing XP and
> repairing but it freezes before it starts doing any work, ive tryed
> with out all the extras (modem, sound, network, tv card) and that
> didnt help.) i tryed differetn stick of ram and same problem., safe
> mode stops loading at Drvmain.sdb, all the other same modes, vga modes
> donst gt anyware, they all make the PC reboot. I NEED HELP, ANY IDEAS?

If you tried different sticks of RAM and in different combinations on
the motherboard, it would seem that your computer is only happy with
what it has got. Refer to your motherboard manual to see what its
limits are regarding amount of memory, placement, combinations
accepted, etc. If you don't have a manual, go to the m/b's tech support
website where they should have one.

If it turns out that what you are doing *should* work and it *doesn't*,
then you know the motherboard is defective.

Malke
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Hi Matthew,
-Memory, Vlink voltage adjustable
-SFS(Stepless Frequency Selection) from 200 MHz up to 300MHz at 1MHz
increments.
Is there anything in the bios that isn't set right for the memory?
Can you get to safe mode (F8) and select "Disable restart on system
failure?"
Maybe you can get a stop error message that will give us something to
go on.
Best,
Treeman


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