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Hello Everyone,
I have just registered as a member hoping that someone out can help me.
I've not used this machine for a while and switched it on today 4th August, as I wanted to find out what CPU and memory was onboard.
I entered the BIOS setup and got the information I needed, exited the setup and let the machine reboot itself and when the screen lit up, it was a full screen blank white flashing bright and dark, I then switched off.
I disconnected all the SCSI hard drives and removed the SCSI controller and tried to boot to the BIOS again but, the screen did not light up at all, I switched off again.
The only other thing available for removal was the R.A.M. so I removed three of the four modules and it booted to the BIOS, I switched off and added a second module and it booted to the BIOS again, switched off and inserted third module and it booted to the BIOS again but, when the fourth module was inserted, it would not display the BIOS screen and after it had finished P.O.S.T I got the flashing screen again.
I have tried each R.A.M. on it's own and got the BIOS screen every time, so the R.A.M. is all okay. I have tried every combination of three modules and got the BIOS every time, I have also tried three R.A.M modules with various combinations of the DIMM sockets and it booted to the BIOS every time, but whenever I install the fourth module I cannot get into the BIOS screen and let it carry on booting and I got the flashing white screen again.
I have four desktop PC's, 1 purchased, the other 3 I built, (I've been building PC's since the 1980's and never seen this problem before but, I bet someone out there has, I hope so in order that I can get it sorted out).
p.s. Having left the machine switched off for an hour I thought I would have one more try before I submit this e-mail. I put the fourth R.A.M. module in and it booted to the BIOS setup this time....HOORAY.... but, it shows "TOTAL MEMORY 3040Mb with 64Mb SHARED MEMORY", "DUAL-CHANNEL MEMORY MODE".and all four DIMM sockets as containing "1024Mb/166Mhz (DDR333)" but, the total R.A.M. installed as "3040Mb with 64Mb shared memory", the figures don't add up to me.
1024 x 4 = 4096 - 64 = 4032 Am I missing something here? total installed "3040"
M/board : ASRock 939NF4H-SATA2
CPU : AMD Athlon 64 X2
Ram : 4 x 1Gb DDR333
SCSI : Iwill SIDE-2935W SCSI Controller
H/Drvs : 4 x 2Gb Seagate Baracuda SCSI drives (
HOW MUCH!!!? )
O.S. : Win 98SE
I would really appreciate any and all advise and I thank you in advance.
Ron.
I have just registered as a member hoping that someone out can help me.
I've not used this machine for a while and switched it on today 4th August, as I wanted to find out what CPU and memory was onboard.
I entered the BIOS setup and got the information I needed, exited the setup and let the machine reboot itself and when the screen lit up, it was a full screen blank white flashing bright and dark, I then switched off.
I disconnected all the SCSI hard drives and removed the SCSI controller and tried to boot to the BIOS again but, the screen did not light up at all, I switched off again.
The only other thing available for removal was the R.A.M. so I removed three of the four modules and it booted to the BIOS, I switched off and added a second module and it booted to the BIOS again, switched off and inserted third module and it booted to the BIOS again but, when the fourth module was inserted, it would not display the BIOS screen and after it had finished P.O.S.T I got the flashing screen again.
I have tried each R.A.M. on it's own and got the BIOS screen every time, so the R.A.M. is all okay. I have tried every combination of three modules and got the BIOS every time, I have also tried three R.A.M modules with various combinations of the DIMM sockets and it booted to the BIOS every time, but whenever I install the fourth module I cannot get into the BIOS screen and let it carry on booting and I got the flashing white screen again.
I have four desktop PC's, 1 purchased, the other 3 I built, (I've been building PC's since the 1980's and never seen this problem before but, I bet someone out there has, I hope so in order that I can get it sorted out).
p.s. Having left the machine switched off for an hour I thought I would have one more try before I submit this e-mail. I put the fourth R.A.M. module in and it booted to the BIOS setup this time....HOORAY.... but, it shows "TOTAL MEMORY 3040Mb with 64Mb SHARED MEMORY", "DUAL-CHANNEL MEMORY MODE".and all four DIMM sockets as containing "1024Mb/166Mhz (DDR333)" but, the total R.A.M. installed as "3040Mb with 64Mb shared memory", the figures don't add up to me.
1024 x 4 = 4096 - 64 = 4032 Am I missing something here? total installed "3040"
M/board : ASRock 939NF4H-SATA2
CPU : AMD Athlon 64 X2
Ram : 4 x 1Gb DDR333
SCSI : Iwill SIDE-2935W SCSI Controller
H/Drvs : 4 x 2Gb Seagate Baracuda SCSI drives (
HOW MUCH!!!? )O.S. : Win 98SE
I would really appreciate any and all advise and I thank you in advance.
Ron.
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