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BlackBeauty · 10-20-2006, 02:00 PM

okay, found something.

i mustn't have had that last stick properly seated on the m/b 'cos the beeping was a one-off....but i have found the following:

memtest run on both sticks and each stick individually have been okay (40+ passes, 0 errors) BUT when I do the single-stick tests, this is the only the case when the RAM is in 1 of the 2 bays on my m/b

I have 2 bays - a green and orange one. The green one works OK.
However, if the single RAM stick is placed in the orange bay, the computer boots but I have no display - ie., the monitor LED stays orange instead of the usual green....

What do you guys reckon? Is this a motherboard issue? Perhaps I can get the supplier to put a new m/b in....?

10-20-2006, 02:00 PM	#24 (permalink)
BlackBeauty Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Melbourne Posts: 20 OS: XP Pro	okay, found something... okay, found something. i mustn't have had that last stick properly seated on the m/b 'cos the beeping was a one-off....but i have found the following: memtest run on both sticks and each stick individually have been okay (40+ passes, 0 errors) BUT when I do the single-stick tests, this is the only the case when the RAM is in 1 of the 2 bays on my m/b I have 2 bays - a green and orange one. The green one works OK. However, if the single RAM stick is placed in the orange bay, the computer boots but I have no display - ie., the monitor LED stays orange instead of the usual green.... What do you guys reckon? Is this a motherboard issue? Perhaps I can get the supplier to put a new m/b in....?