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| Thread ID: 90018 | 2008-05-20 00:19:00 | BIOS Beep Error | Driftwood (5551) | Press F1 |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 670944 | 2008-05-20 09:05:00 | OOPS:sleep sorry didn't notice the bit about trying another card. If its going OK after removing/reseating the CMOS battery, could have been dust on the connections. | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 670945 | 2008-05-20 09:24:00 | Do you mean connections at the battery? Ramtest got a fail at test #6 with all sticks in. Going through them separately now. |
Driftwood (5551) | ||
| 670946 | 2008-05-20 09:29:00 | Yeah- could have been a bit of dust/crap between the connections from changing the card etc, BUT if Ramtest got a fail at test #6 with all sticks in. Then it only takes 1 to cause problems. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 670947 | 2008-05-20 09:45:00 | So if get up to test #7 on each stick would that tend to suggest a slot problem? | Driftwood (5551) | ||
| 670948 | 2008-05-20 11:35:00 | try cleaning the contacts? | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 670949 | 2008-05-20 12:07:00 | Depending on the board and the RAM, some can be quite finicky as to what order they sit in the slots. I had one board with 3 sticks mixed RAM (specs were more or less the same) which would only fire without error if the sticks were just so. It'd be fun with 4 sticks, if that's what is causing the errors. Another that was around a while ago, some boards didn't handle all available slots being occupied all that well. BTW, errors or faults... most things will throw errors from time to time, but a failure on a fault is a different matter. Just wondering because you seem to have solved the fault, maybe there is no point in pursuing the RAM thing. |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 670950 | 2008-05-20 14:06:00 | One thing I've noticed is that not all boards will tell you when the battery is flat - in fact some of them just refuse to start - and it's only once you replace the battery does it start and then tell you that there was a battery failure | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 670951 | 2008-05-20 22:55:00 | Thanks for you help guys, have taken all you advice on board & the system seems to be running happily again. It is scheduelled for an upgrade when the acconomy picks up again. |
Driftwood (5551) | ||
| 670952 | 2008-05-20 23:14:00 | Economy. And prices are as good now as they ever have been. |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 670953 | 2008-05-21 00:06:00 | Even so can't really justify forking out a grand at the moment if I don't have to. | Driftwood (5551) | ||
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