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re: Question about 'Top reasons for random, fatal crashes in Windows XP and Windows 2000' Sunday, October 26, 2003 at 7:52 pm Posted by triplate (20746 messages posted) Sounds too me like the mobo has the problem..not the OS...Does the manual give any specs on this ?I,m just shootin in the dark here....how big is your Pwr Supply?? 350-450?? On Sunday, October 26, 2003 at 6:24 pm, editus wrote: >I have a question about Top >reasons for random, fatal crashes in Windows XP and Windows 2000: >I am having these random, fatal crashes. I built a machine with a Gigabyte GA-8INXP >mobo with 3.06 GHz Intel and 4x512 memory modules that are matched. I put in two >Seagate 7200.7 SATA HDs as a striped RAID. I had Win2K at first and I upgraded with >a hope that WinXP would help. XP did help me with messages that told me what was >going on whereas 2K didn't. XP told me that device driver problems were the cause >but it couldn't tell which driver. I saw here where the memory could be the problem >so I used two modules in all combinations. When I did this the computer seemed to >be OK. No problems. However, all of the modules worked OK. I did use different memory >slots as I tested to see if the slots were bad. When I put all the memory back in >(not in the same places as originally) the problem came back. Is there something >about Windows or ... that needs to be adjusted or configured so it can handle 2 gig. >The BIOS seems to find it by itself just fine. The machine does work really well >with 'only' 1 gig but I paid for all that memory and I would really like to use it. >Thanks for any ideas. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Top reasons for random, fatal crashes in Windows XP and Windows 2000' Monday, October 27, 2003 at 6:07 am Posted by editus (6 messages posted) My power supply is also new, Rhycom 450W. What particular specs are you looking for? Memory is 4 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets that supports Dual channel DDR266/DDR200 DIMM. It supports 128MB/256MB/512MB/1GB unbuffered DRAM up to 4GB DRAM (Max). It also supports 64bit ECC type DRAM integrity mode which is what I have. Thanks for the reply! On Sunday, October 26, 2003 at 7:52 pm, triplate wrote: >Sounds too me like the mobo has the problem..not the OS...Does the manual give any >specs on this ?I,m just shootin in the dark here....how big is your Pwr Supply?? >350-450?? > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Top reasons for random, fatal crashes in Windows XP and Windows 2000' Monday, October 27, 2003 at 6:49 am Posted by triplate (20746 messages posted) Run some non-ECC...see what happens... On Monday, October 27, 2003 at 6:07 am, editus wrote: >My power supply is also new, Rhycom 450W. What particular specs are you looking for? >Memory is 4 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets that supports Dual channel DDR266/DDR200 DIMM. >It supports 128MB/256MB/512MB/1GB unbuffered DRAM up to 4GB DRAM (Max). It also supports >64bit ECC type DRAM integrity mode which is what I have. Thanks for the reply! > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Top reasons for random, fatal crashes in Windows XP and Windows 2000' Monday, October 27, 2003 at 8:34 am Posted by editus (6 messages posted) Getting ahold of 4 512 MB non-ECC modules is probably not realistically possible. I feel that I would need the full 2 gig since that is the only time that I see any problem. On Monday, October 27, 2003 at 6:49 am, triplate wrote: >Run some non-ECC...see what happens... > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Top reasons for random, fatal crashes in Windows XP and Windows 2000' Monday, October 27, 2003 at 9:13 am Posted by Adam Bradley (7834 messages posted) It likely will not help but you could try 3 in combination (unless they need to be installed in pairs) and see if it is some odd conflict about any 3 of the sticks being in at once also have you checked with the motherboard maker to see if this is a known problem? it may need a BIOS update or some setting in the BIOS changed to work with the full 2GIG of RAM if they have a BIOS update make sure it address this issue before you use it good luck, Adam Bradley On Monday, October 27, 2003 at 8:34 am, editus wrote: > >Getting ahold of 4 512 MB non-ECC modules is probably not realistically possible. >I feel that I would need the full 2 gig since that is the only time that I see any >problem. > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Top reasons for random, fatal crashes in Windows XP and Windows 2000' Monday, October 27, 2003 at 10:01 am Posted by editus (6 messages posted) I'll give that a try. The modules do not need to be paired up but the dual channel aspect will not work unless they are matched paired. Thanks for the help. On Monday, October 27, 2003 at 9:13 am, Adam Bradley wrote: >It likely will not help but you could try 3 in combination (unless they need to be >installed in pairs) >and see if it is some odd conflict about any 3 of the sticks being in at once >also have you checked with the motherboard maker to see if this is a known problem? >it may need a BIOS update or some setting in the BIOS changed to work with the full >2GIG of RAM >if they have a BIOS update make sure it address this issue before you use it >good luck, Adam Bradley > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Top reasons for random, fatal crashes in Windows XP and Windows 2000' Monday, October 27, 2003 at 2:16 pm Posted by Ricer46 (22031 messages posted) I know some 3 slot boards can't generate enough current to use all three slots (I've got one of those). I believe that I've read the same about the 4 slot boards. On Monday, October 27, 2003 at 10:01 am, editus wrote: >I'll give that a try. The modules do not need to be paired up but the dual channel >aspect will not work unless they are matched paired. Thanks for the help. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Top reasons for random, fatal crashes in Windows XP and Windows 2000' Monday, October 27, 2003 at 2:52 pm Posted by editus (6 messages posted) Is this a situation that having a strong power supply cannot compensate for? On Monday, October 27, 2003 at 2:16 pm, Ricer46 wrote: >I know some 3 slot boards can't generate enough current to use all three slots (I've >got one of those). I believe that I've read the same about the 4 slot boards. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Top reasons for random, fatal crashes in Windows XP and Windows 2000' Monday, December 22, 2003 at 12:17 pm Posted by shaun (1 messages posted) did you sort your pc out ive just put another gig of corsair xms3200 in and its started to shut itself down what did you do On Sunday, October 26, 2003 at 6:24 pm, editus wrote: >I have a question about Top >reasons for random, fatal crashes in Windows XP and Windows 2000: >I am having these random, fatal crashes. I built a machine with a Gigabyte GA-8INXP >mobo with 3.06 GHz Intel and 4x512 memory modules that are matched. I put in two >Seagate 7200.7 SATA HDs as a striped RAID. I had Win2K at first and I upgraded with >a hope that WinXP would help. XP did help me with messages that told me what was >going on whereas 2K didn't. XP told me that device driver problems were the cause >but it couldn't tell which driver. I saw here where the memory could be the problem >so I used two modules in all combinations. When I did this the computer seemed to >be OK. No problems. However, all of the modules worked OK. I did use different memory >slots as I tested to see if the slots were bad. When I put all the memory back in >(not in the same places as originally) the problem came back. Is there something >about Windows or ... that needs to be adjusted or configured so it can handle 2 gig. >The BIOS seems to find it by itself just fine. The machine does work really well >with 'only' 1 gig but I paid for all that memory and I would really like to use it. >Thanks for any ideas. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Top reasons for random, fatal crashes in Windows XP and Windows 2000' Monday, December 22, 2003 at 12:34 pm Posted by editus (6 messages posted) Sorry, I didn't sort out the situation. I'm running just a gig. I have a guess that my SiI Raid is part of the situation but I haven't been able to do anything about it. On Monday, December 22, 2003 at 12:17 pm, shaun wrote: >did you sort your pc out ive just put another gig of corsair xms3200 in and its started >to shut itself down what did you do > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Top reasons for random, fatal crashes in Windows XP and Windows 2000' Wednesday, April 14, 2004 at 7:01 pm Posted by Tom Booth (2 messages posted) Check in your bios if u have something called performance acceleration technology enabled(PAT) if so that will not like running UN-buffered ram modules 512 and up to avert crashes without changing to new ram disable pat or some motherboards require that you underclock your ram and the pat goes with it. This fixed my problem in my system On Sunday, October 26, 2003 at 6:24 pm, editus wrote: >I have a question about Top >reasons for random, fatal crashes in Windows XP and Windows 2000: >I am having these random, fatal crashes. I built a machine with a Gigabyte GA-8INXP >mobo with 3.06 GHz Intel and 4x512 memory modules that are matched. I put in two >Seagate 7200.7 SATA HDs as a striped RAID. I had Win2K at first and I upgraded with >a hope that WinXP would help. XP did help me with messages that told me what was >going on whereas 2K didn't. XP told me that device driver problems were the cause >but it couldn't tell which driver. I saw here where the memory could be the problem >so I used two modules in all combinations. When I did this the computer seemed to >be OK. No problems. However, all of the modules worked OK. I did use different memory >slots as I tested to see if the slots were bad. When I put all the memory back in >(not in the same places as originally) the problem came back. Is there something >about Windows or ... that needs to be adjusted or configured so it can handle 2 gig. >The BIOS seems to find it by itself just fine. The machine does work really well >with 'only' 1 gig but I paid for all that memory and I would really like to use it. >Thanks for any ideas. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Top reasons for random, fatal crashes in Windows XP and Windows 2000' Monday, July 24, 2006 at 7:18 am Posted by kathy (1 messages posted) I get the message unknown device driver error. i am running xp sp2. was wondering if anyone knows how to fix this problem. On Sunday, October 26, 2003 at 6:24 pm, editus wrote: >I have a question about Top >reasons for random, fatal crashes in Windows XP and Windows 2000: >I am having these random, fatal crashes. I built a machine with a Gigabyte GA-8INXP >mobo with 3.06 GHz Intel and 4x512 memory modules that are matched. I put in two >Seagate 7200.7 SATA HDs as a striped RAID. I had Win2K at first and I upgraded with >a hope that WinXP would help. XP did help me with messages that told me what was >going on whereas 2K didn't. XP told me that device driver problems were the cause >but it couldn't tell which driver. I saw here where the memory could be the problem >so I used two modules in all combinations. When I did this the computer seemed to >be OK. No problems. However, all of the modules worked OK. I did use different memory >slots as I tested to see if the slots were bad. When I put all the memory back in >(not in the same places as originally) the problem came back. Is there something >about Windows or ... that needs to be adjusted or configured so it can handle 2 gig. >The BIOS seems to find it by itself just fine. The machine does work really well >with 'only' 1 gig but I paid for all that memory and I would really like to use it. >Thanks for any ideas. [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum