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HI GUYS hope ya can help us here
got a gigabyte kn8-sli nf4 mobo
now my comp is on the floor hence gets dusty but has been running absolutley fine for 3 months but thought i would give it a clean tonight you know usual stuff take out ram+gfx card and pci cards and give a good dust well it looked all tip top put it back together and bugger me getting a long beep then a pause then a long beep
looking in my mobo manuel says this is dram error but ram is in the normal slots
the ram is geil 2x512 meg matched dual channel ram
so i take stick b out and leave stick a in ddr slot 1 boots fine put other stick back no boot i have done all these configs below took me ages but it seems my ddr slots 2 and 4 have died
WHAT DO YOU THINK AND CAN YA HELP
stick a boots fine in slots 1 and 3 no boot in 2 and 4
stick b boots fine in 1 and 3 no boot in 2 and 4
a+b in slots 1+2 or 2+4 or 3+4 or 2+3 no boot get the beep
but a+b in slots 1 and 3 boot but only single channel and at 170mhz not 200 shows 1 gig though
a+b in slots 1 and 4 boot only shows single channel and also only shows 512 meg ram its like the b stick in slot 4 does not exist
so what the hell is going on please can anyone help
got a gigabyte kn8-sli nf4 mobo
now my comp is on the floor hence gets dusty but has been running absolutley fine for 3 months but thought i would give it a clean tonight you know usual stuff take out ram+gfx card and pci cards and give a good dust well it looked all tip top put it back together and bugger me getting a long beep then a pause then a long beep
looking in my mobo manuel says this is dram error but ram is in the normal slots
the ram is geil 2x512 meg matched dual channel ram
so i take stick b out and leave stick a in ddr slot 1 boots fine put other stick back no boot i have done all these configs below took me ages but it seems my ddr slots 2 and 4 have died
WHAT DO YOU THINK AND CAN YA HELP
stick a boots fine in slots 1 and 3 no boot in 2 and 4
stick b boots fine in 1 and 3 no boot in 2 and 4
a+b in slots 1+2 or 2+4 or 3+4 or 2+3 no boot get the beep
but a+b in slots 1 and 3 boot but only single channel and at 170mhz not 200 shows 1 gig though
a+b in slots 1 and 4 boot only shows single channel and also only shows 512 meg ram its like the b stick in slot 4 does not exist
so what the hell is going on please can anyone help
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