4 double sided modules on a P31

[himji]

Cool, all set but Still not booting into windows. Running memtest now and see what it tells me

Cheers for all the help and replies fellas, much appreciated

 

[Evilsizer]

did you up the northbridge voltages at all? what voltages did you up? might be one you missed, just a thought...

 

[himji]

Norbridge and dd2 voltages both at +2 as suggested by the ocz guy. Memtest hung on tet 5.. Never known it to have hung before. Going to try it again, see if it blows in the same place

 

[Evilsizer]

up the ram voltage another notch then if it hung.

 

[himji]

Hmm, tried and it hung in the smae place. Going to rip two out and see what memtest does then...

 

[Evilsizer]

well do you have any active cooling, ie fans pointed or on the northbridge.

 

[himji]

the case rear fan is directly behind the NB. No other system or case fans, just the CPU fan.

 

[himji]

Ok, an update here. I've been trying the Ram in different configurations and running memtest. What I found was if I put two sticks in the two channell one slots, the machine will fail to post. No errors no beeps. Could this be part of my problem?

 

[Evilsizer]

yes, it is that is the problem....

 

[himji]

You think it's a shot mobo then? They work fine if I'vwe got all four in or in the other channel but two in that channel and it doesn't post

 

[Evilsizer]

its odd to have it happen to 2 slots... but when you try one stick in each slot, 2 slots dont work? yea though if its a bad dimm slot rma it, casue you got 4 1gig dimms...

 

[himji]

1 Dimm in one slot is fine. But two dimms in two slots doesn't post. but all four in all four slots posts but crashes memtest after 9 minutes 47 seconds lol

 

[Evilsizer]

ok but you mean 1 dimm in any of the slots works? if dual channel isnt working correctly then you may need to wait for a bios update. i had to do the same with my AB9-pro 965 based cause of bios issues. when you say 2 dimms though you mean wiether its in dual or single channle mode it still doesnt boot up?

 

[himji]

Ok, four slots, 1,2,3,4 with 1 being closest to the processor. 1 and 2 are ch0, 3 and 4 are ch1

If I put one dimm in any slot it's fine

If I put a dimm in 1 and 3, 2 and 4, 1 and 4 or 1 and 2 it's fine
If I put them into 3 and 4 doesn't post.

 

[Evilsizer]

bios problem then.....

 

[himji]

I did update it before I started but I'll look around

 

[Evilsizer]

your gonna have to wait then if you have the newest one or on a beta bios......