You put more pressure on the memcontroller with 4 sticks think Its no issiue with the batch of the rams.

Try to set 1600 9-9.-9-24 or 28. You can test voltage 1.65-1.67

If your CPU is slightly degraded you gone have problem with 4 sticks.

you mentioned you get no beeps when all ram sticks are out?

that indicated your board is fried; if no beeps are made your board is dead

the sound will not come from your speakers; its an onboard siren

 

http://www.computerhope.com/beep.htm

 

 

 

you mentioned you get no beeps when all ram sticks are out?

How did I miss that when advising Ryan earlier? Ooopsa

I never get any beeps... Never have since I installed the board

regardless if have light alert led's on the front panel;

you should hear beeps if you pull them all out, it’s very basic cmos and post mechanism

if they saved up on that component maybe you should get a new board regardless

You put more pressure on the memcontroller with 4 sticks think Its no issiue with the batch of the rams.

Try to set 1600 9-9.-9-24 or 28. You can test voltage 1.65-1.67

If your CPU is slightly degraded you gone have problem with 4 sticks.

 

I can't boot with four dimms though - there'd be no way to set the timings

 

Your last sentence - that's likely what I'm experiencing.

My 2 cents.

 

My electric company screwed up a transformer replacement and when they turned the power back on it shorted out a great deal of appliances in the house plus a computer. It was DOA. I replaced the power supply and everything worked after that. Is your PSU working at all?

 

Russ

My 2 cents.

 

My electric company screwed up a transformer replacement and when they turned the power back on it shorted out a great deal of appliances in the house plus a computer. It was DOA. I replaced the power supply and everything worked after that. Is your PSU working at all?

 

Russ

His PC will boot OK, as long as he does not try to use all 4 sticks of RAM at the same time.

 

I definitely lean towards the idea that there is an underlying problem hardware problem. Ryan had a lot of problems last winter with the computer being "zapped" by static electricity in in the ultra-dry air of his cold Minnesota location. While a mobo, CPU or RAM can be well and truly destroyed by a large enough static spark delivered to the right location, it's more common for a spark to the case to cause seeming temporary problems (like a reboot).

 

Unfortunately, repeated jolts to the case can lead to cumulative damage to the CMOS circuitry at the molecular level that can lead to increasing hardware instability over time. That kind of damage often manifests itself when the system is put under a higher-than-normal load. (such as adding additional RAM, which requires the memory controller to have to increase the amount of current it delivers).

Jim

 

Thanks for the information. I understand a little more.

 

This is said by someone who will be assembling a new system next week.OMG!

 

Russ

Jim

 

Thanks for the information. I understand a little more.

 

This is said by someone who will be assembling a new system next week.OMG!

 

Russ

Just practice good electrostatic discharge prevention when handling computer circuit boards outside of the case. Especially in dry winter weather!

 

When I work on a system, I wear only cotton clothing - no nylon, polyester or wool. I wear a grounded conductive wrist strap, to drain any charge buildup on my body, and even remove my shoes and socks - literally working in my bare feet.

 

 

I wear a grounded conductive wrist strap

Ditto here, and bare feet too.

Bare feet - way to freeking cold for that here ha!

 

I almost want to order four sticks of 4 just to see if it is the revision incompatibility or if it's my dying cpu not supporting four slots. The things you learn when stuff breaks!