Booting issue

**Archangel** · 06-04-2008, 12:33 PM

Well, I've had a little issue for quite a wile already. but by now I've tried everything I know, and nothing helped.

So.. my problem is that my pc doesnt want to get to/past the post screen when I try to fire it up (after it beeing off for some time) it has this small LCD screen to tell me what its doing during post tough, and that hangs on "Det DRAM" everytime. (note, the motherboard doesnt even beep once then)

Funny tough, when I remove 1 stick of RAM, it boots up the next go right away. (saying, overclock failed, press F1 to enter setup and F2 to load default values) when I load default values then, and put back the stick of RAM, it boots up fine. however, it doesnt seem to matter weither I have my pc overclocked or not for this to occur :|

any ideas for solutions?

Kornowski · 06-04-2008, 01:36 PM

Have you tried running Memtest?

**Archangel** · 06-04-2008, 08:11 PM

yup, no errors whatshowever. I find it really, really weird tbh.

Kornowski · 06-04-2008, 09:22 PM

Was it the bootable Memtest that you ran, How long did you let it run for?

It does sound strange!

**Archangel** · 06-07-2008, 08:25 AM

yea, it was the boot version, and I suppose leaving it on for 4 hours is enough.

StrangleHold · 06-07-2008, 02:52 PM

Could be a close to dead motherboard battery.

**Archangel** · 06-07-2008, 11:17 PM

now why didn't I think of that? =o I'll measure it tomorrow, see what its voltage is, and could ofc try a different battery just to be sure.

**Archangel** · 06-10-2008, 03:10 PM

well, the battery was ok. I've been running my pc for the past 3 days with 1 stick ram removed tough (3gb total left) and I didnt have a problem at all so far :/

2048Megabytes · 06-10-2008, 06:53 PM

Some motherboards don't seem to work well with some RAM. That is what I have discovered in my experience. Perhaps that was the issue.

tlarkin · 06-10-2008, 07:13 PM

I think it has issues with detecting the proper voltages your memory needs to run at. Try removing any high speed RAM, or set the voltage in the BIOS to like 2.1 instead of 1.8 for higher speed RAM and see if that is the source of the issue.

If your BIOS got set to factory defaults, it could have cause the issue, which could be a bad battery, power outage, or just a bad shut down.

06-04-2008, 12:33 PM	#1 (permalink)
Archangel Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Netherlands Age: 21 Posts: 8,244	Booting issue Well, I've had a little issue for quite a wile already. but by now I've tried everything I know, and nothing helped. So.. my problem is that my pc doesnt want to get to/past the post screen when I try to fire it up (after it beeing off for some time) it has this small LCD screen to tell me what its doing during post tough, and that hangs on "Det DRAM" everytime. (note, the motherboard doesnt even beep once then) Funny tough, when I remove 1 stick of RAM, it boots up the next go right away. (saying, overclock failed, press F1 to enter setup and F2 to load default values) when I load default values then, and put back the stick of RAM, it boots up fine. however, it doesnt seem to matter weither I have my pc overclocked or not for this to occur :\| any ideas for solutions? __________________ Newton is dead, Einstein is dead, I don't feel very well either Xfire - Mirrari Intel Q6600 ( @3.6GHz) Asus Triton 79 Amazing 549/3200 4x 1Gb Corsair XMS2 DDR800 Asus Maximus Formula Asus & Sapphire HD3870 512Mb ( 850/1180 ) Corsair HX620W PSU

06-04-2008, 01:36 PM	#2 (permalink)
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06-04-2008, 08:11 PM	#3 (permalink)
Archangel Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Netherlands Age: 21 Posts: 8,244	yup, no errors whatshowever. I find it really, really weird tbh. __________________ Newton is dead, Einstein is dead, I don't feel very well either Xfire - Mirrari Intel Q6600 ( @3.6GHz) Asus Triton 79 Amazing 549/3200 4x 1Gb Corsair XMS2 DDR800 Asus Maximus Formula Asus & Sapphire HD3870 512Mb ( 850/1180 ) Corsair HX620W PSU

06-04-2008, 09:22 PM	#4 (permalink)
Kornowski VIP - Graphics Guru Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Liverpool, UK Age: 18 Posts: 13,339	Was it the bootable Memtest that you ran, How long did you let it run for? It does sound strange! __________________ Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 3.4Ghz EVGA 750i SLI FTW 4GB Crucial Ballistix @ 850MHz 2 X 8800GTS G92 in SLI @ 765/1885/1000 Corsair HX520W Windows Vista Home Premium Seagate Barracuda 500GB 7200.11 & WD 120GB Tuniq Tower LED OCZ XTC RAM Cooler Antec 900 (Modded)

06-07-2008, 08:25 AM	#5 (permalink)
Archangel Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Netherlands Age: 21 Posts: 8,244	yea, it was the boot version, and I suppose leaving it on for 4 hours is enough. __________________ Newton is dead, Einstein is dead, I don't feel very well either Xfire - Mirrari Intel Q6600 ( @3.6GHz) Asus Triton 79 Amazing 549/3200 4x 1Gb Corsair XMS2 DDR800 Asus Maximus Formula Asus & Sapphire HD3870 512Mb ( 850/1180 ) Corsair HX620W PSU

06-07-2008, 02:52 PM	#6 (permalink)
StrangleHold Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: And you think your safe! Posts: 7,968	Could be a close to dead motherboard battery. __________________ NZXT Apollo Athlon 64 X2 5600 3.3ghz. Gigabyte GA MA770 DS3 G Skill DDR2 1066 944mhz. 4gb. PNY 8800GT/VD964 W/D RE2 Sata 3.0 500gb. All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.

06-07-2008, 11:17 PM	#7 (permalink)
Archangel Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Netherlands Age: 21 Posts: 8,244	now why didn't I think of that? =o I'll measure it tomorrow, see what its voltage is, and could ofc try a different battery just to be sure. __________________ Newton is dead, Einstein is dead, I don't feel very well either Xfire - Mirrari Intel Q6600 ( @3.6GHz) Asus Triton 79 Amazing 549/3200 4x 1Gb Corsair XMS2 DDR800 Asus Maximus Formula Asus & Sapphire HD3870 512Mb ( 850/1180 ) Corsair HX620W PSU

06-10-2008, 03:10 PM	#8 (permalink)
Archangel Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Netherlands Age: 21 Posts: 8,244	well, the battery was ok. I've been running my pc for the past 3 days with 1 stick ram removed tough (3gb total left) and I didnt have a problem at all so far :/ __________________ Newton is dead, Einstein is dead, I don't feel very well either Xfire - Mirrari Intel Q6600 ( @3.6GHz) Asus Triton 79 Amazing 549/3200 4x 1Gb Corsair XMS2 DDR800 Asus Maximus Formula Asus & Sapphire HD3870 512Mb ( 850/1180 ) Corsair HX620W PSU

06-10-2008, 06:53 PM	#9 (permalink)
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06-10-2008, 07:13 PM	#10 (permalink)
tlarkin VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 6,965	I think it has issues with detecting the proper voltages your memory needs to run at. Try removing any high speed RAM, or set the voltage in the BIOS to like 2.1 instead of 1.8 for higher speed RAM and see if that is the source of the issue. If your BIOS got set to factory defaults, it could have cause the issue, which could be a bad battery, power outage, or just a bad shut down.

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