RAM Issues [Soyo Dragon Lite KT400]

Thanks Greg,

Just to clarify, its PC2700 256MB [off brand] and PC2700 512MB Kingston.

When I tried other brands, I used the "good stick" in all three slots, and
it worked fine. When I added other memory, it has been in various
combinations, and I still had the page fault and boot issues.

Now, I have the two memory stick in slots 1 [off brand] and 2 [kingston].
But I still have to go thru the BIOS resetting to get a good boot. I had
anothe stick of Elixer RAM in slot 3 [PC2700 256MB], but was getting the
BSOD, page fault and boot errors again.

In short, I did the slot shuffle already. I'm wondering if its the BIOS.

"Greg B" <greg DeleteThis @bullough.org> wrote in message
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 > Have you tried the 'good' stick in both locations?
 > That is, have you tried it in the location where
 > adding another one has caused a failure? It may
 > be that there is an issue with the second socket.
 >
 > Also, have you followed the instruction that the
 > second stick goes in one of the 'outer' sockets?
 > That is, if you have two sticks they go in 1 and
 > 3, not 1 and 2 and if the RAM is of the faster
 > variety, only two are supported, in sockets 1 and
 > 3.
 >
 > Greg
 >
 > "Drevenflow" <drevenflow DeleteThis @hotmail.com> wrote in message
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  > > I hope someone has some insight into this problem:
  > >
  > > Soyo Dragon Lite KT-400
  > > AMD Athlon 2600+
  > > 256 MB RAM
  > > Maxtor 10GB HD (master)
  > > Western Digital 40GB HD (slave)
  > > CD-DVD (master)
  > > CD-RW (slave)
  > > Nvidia GeForce4 MX 440 AGPx8
  > > WinXP Pro SP1
  > >
  > > I have purchased ONE stick of RAM that works consistantly with the
board.
  > > Every time I have tried to add additional RAM, I get the BSOD after the
  > > Windows Startup screen or Page Fault Errors after logging in.
Sometimes,
  > > the computer will not boot past the Soyo Dragon splash page. I have
tried
  > > Crucial and Kingston RAM.
  > >
  > > One temporary solution was going into the BIOS and setting the DRAM
clock to
  > > 'SPD' instead of '166'. But, after shutting down, I have to go into
BIOS
  > > and do this every time for the system to boot with more RAM in it (I
added a
  > > 512 stick of Kingston).
  > >
  > > Also, my system seems to run slower than the Iwill KK266 + 1.2 GHz
Athlon I
  > > had.
  > >
  > > Please reply to the board or drevenflow DeleteThis @hotmail.com<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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"Drevenflow" <drevenflow DeleteThis @hotmail.com> wrote in message
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| Thanks Greg,
|
| Just to clarify, its PC2700 256MB [off brand] and PC2700 512MB Kingston.
|
| When I tried other brands, I used the "good stick" in all three slots, and
| it worked fine. When I added other memory, it has been in various
| combinations, and I still had the page fault and boot issues.
|
| Now, I have the two memory stick in slots 1 [off brand] and 2 [kingston].
| But I still have to go thru the BIOS resetting to get a good boot. I had
| anothe stick of Elixer RAM in slot 3 [PC2700 256MB], but was getting the
| BSOD, page fault and boot errors again.
|
| In short, I did the slot shuffle already. I'm wondering if its the BIOS.
|
| "Greg B" <greg DeleteThis @bullough.org> wrote in message
| news:63ac2e63.0307261912.5475f1a7@posting.google.com...
| > Have you tried the 'good' stick in both locations?
| > That is, have you tried it in the location where
| > adding another one has caused a failure? It may
| > be that there is an issue with the second socket.
| >
| > Also, have you followed the instruction that the
| > second stick goes in one of the 'outer' sockets?
| > That is, if you have two sticks they go in 1 and
| > 3, not 1 and 2 and if the RAM is of the faster
| > variety, only two are supported, in sockets 1 and
| > 3.
| >
| > Greg
| >
| > "Drevenflow" <drevenflow DeleteThis @hotmail.com> wrote in message
| news:<EuAUa.134635$GL4.35217@rwcrnsc53>...
| > > I hope someone has some insight into this problem:
| > >
| > > Soyo Dragon Lite KT-400
| > > AMD Athlon 2600+
| > > 256 MB RAM
| > > Maxtor 10GB HD (master)
| > > Western Digital 40GB HD (slave)
| > > CD-DVD (master)
| > > CD-RW (slave)
| > > Nvidia GeForce4 MX 440 AGPx8
| > > WinXP Pro SP1
| > >
| > > I have purchased ONE stick of RAM that works consistantly with the
| board.
| > > Every time I have tried to add additional RAM, I get the BSOD after
the
| > > Windows Startup screen or Page Fault Errors after logging in.
| Sometimes,
| > > the computer will not boot past the Soyo Dragon splash page. I have
| tried
| > > Crucial and Kingston RAM.
| > >
| > > One temporary solution was going into the BIOS and setting the DRAM
| clock to
| > > 'SPD' instead of '166'. But, after shutting down, I have to go into
| BIOS
| > > and do this every time for the system to boot with more RAM in it (I
| added a
| > > 512 stick of Kingston).
| > >
| > > Also, my system seems to run slower than the Iwill KK266 + 1.2 GHz
| Athlon I
| > > had.
| > >
| > > Please reply to the board or drevenflow DeleteThis @hotmail.com

Do a Google search for free memory test programs. There are a couple out
there, memdoc (?) and simtester (?).

Test you various RAM configurations and see what results you get. From your
description I would bet you have memory problems and not a mobo problem.
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i have a similar problem with my kt400 board using kingston pc2700 RAM
(512MB sticks). for some unknown reason if i have a stick of ram in
the 1st dimm slot the pc runs really slow, but if i move the stick to
either of the 2 other dimm slots it runs like a champ. i ran
memtest86 (www.memtest86.com) while having the 1 stick of memory in
the first dimm slot and came up with the following

Test result comments
1 pass
2 pass
3 fail 90 errors
4 pass
5 fail 668 errors
6 pass
7 pass

i sent the memory back to mwave for a replacement and purchased 2
additional sticks of 512MB (1GB total) now the pc runs great but for
good measure i have the memory in slots 2 and 3. slot 1 is empty but
as soon as i get the replacement stick of memory i'll put it in slot 1
and see what happens. here are my pc specs:
kt400 ultra, athlot xp 2100, 2x 512MB kingston pc2700, 2x 80GB WD hdds
set up as raid-0, asus 128MB geforce 4, justlink 48x12x50 cdrw, 3 80mm
chassy fans, mid tower w/350W ps
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On Sun, 27 Jul 2003 07:00:50 GMT, "Drevenflow"
<drevenflow.DeleteThis@hotmail.com> wrote:

 >Just to clarify, its PC2700 256MB [off brand] and PC2700 512MB Kingston.
 >
 >When I tried other brands, I used the "good stick" in all three slots, and
 >it worked fine. When I added other memory, it has been in various
 >combinations, and I still had the page fault and boot issues.
 >
 >Now, I have the two memory stick in slots 1 [off brand] and 2 [kingston].
 >But I still have to go thru the BIOS resetting to get a good boot. I had
 >anothe stick of Elixer RAM in slot 3 [PC2700 256MB], but was getting the
 >BSOD, page fault and boot errors again.

What happens if you use the Kingston by itself?
--
-denny (curmudgeon)

"I'm full of good answers--sometimes it's the question that's wrong."
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On 27 Jul 2003 08:53:38 -0700, mij101.DeleteThis@psu.edu (Jazz699) wrote:

 >i have a similar problem with my kt400 board using kingston pc2700 RAM
 >(512MB sticks). for some unknown reason if i have a stick of ram in
 >the 1st dimm slot the pc runs really slow, but if i move the stick to
 >either of the 2 other dimm slots it runs like a champ. i ran
 >memtest86 (www.memtest86.com) while having the 1 stick of memory in
 >the first dimm slot and came up with the following
 >
 >Test result comments
 >1 pass
 >2 pass
 >3 fail 90 errors
 >4 pass
 >5 fail 668 errors
 >6 pass
 >7 pass

Would have been good to run memtest86 with the same stick in the other
DIMM slots. I suspect you have a glitched #1 DIMM slot.

 >i sent the memory back to mwave for a replacement and purchased 2
 >additional sticks of 512MB (1GB total) now the pc runs great but for
 >good measure i have the memory in slots 2 and 3. slot 1 is empty but
 >as soon as i get the replacement stick of memory i'll put it in slot 1
 >and see what happens. here are my pc specs:
 >kt400 ultra, athlot xp 2100, 2x 512MB kingston pc2700, 2x 80GB WD hdds
 >set up as raid-0, asus 128MB geforce 4, justlink 48x12x50 cdrw, 3 80mm
 >chassy fans, mid tower w/350W ps

IIRC, the KT400 series are not supposed to use 3 PC2700 DIMMS. Not
sure, though.


--
-denny (curmudgeon)

"I'm full of good answers--sometimes it's the question that's wrong."
Miss Behavin'<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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according to the manual you can go up to 3GB with 2100-2700, but you
can only use 2x256 or 1x512 of 3200 ram... or atleast last time i
checked in manual and on soyo website.... i'll check again
though..just to verify
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i was wrong... only 2x512 2700/3200 ...doh..
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