Computer crashing on small load- Most likely Memory related

richardjohn31 · Apr 11, 2003

I got my new AMD2400+, 1GB DDR 2700 Memory, Abit KD7 KT400. I can boot up and get into Windows but as soon as I load up something, it will just crash, no error and I will have to restart.

What speed should it be running at, at the moment it displays 333, is that right? I've tried setting it to 166mhz but I can't find anything in the bios to change it.

Does anyone know how to change the memory speed on the Abit KD7 KT400?

macklin01 · Apr 11, 2003

Is everything running at stock speeds?

Have you tried reseating all your components?

Also, have you tried running memtest86? I'd give memtest a try to see if we can isolate the problem.

-- Paul

ZedBias · Apr 11, 2003

Take them out and try them woth some thing else a elimate which chip it is, and if you cant any thing in the BIOS you may need to update it to get some more settings..

richardjohn31 · Apr 12, 2003

I've tried both sticks and it's still crashing, I read a similar thread about this and they said that it would work fine if they ran the memory at 133mhz, problem is I can't find any way to change it in the bios.

ZedBias · Apr 14, 2003

what about a BIOS update have you tried that?

macklin01 · Apr 14, 2003

Yes, you might need a BIOS update with more advanced features.

Have you tried setting the FSB at 133? -- Paul

richardjohn31 · Apr 14, 2003

Well when my computer is booting up, it will display 233mhz, thats as low as I can get it, but if I clear the cmos and boot it up it will display 200mhz, but it will tell me something about the softmenu, when I exit the cmos + saving, it will display it as 333mhz.

I'll try a bios update now- anything I should know about updating the bios before hand because i've never done it?

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