Memory issues

thomaskhalil · 12-18-2005, 06:22 AM

Hi guys,
my problem in kinda weird.It is about a mediacenter computer.It very high end.
3.2ghz
4gb of ram
4 x 400gb hard drives
tv tuner etc..
the problem is that last night i left it on and the power went out.I try to power it up and find out that the UPS was closed.Apparently at night the power went out and the ups went out also.When i poered it up it was so slow and i performed the basic troubleshouting steps and found out the following,
The rams are read in system properties as 2.6gig instead of 3gb +extended(that is the noral state)and that one of the hard drives is corrupted(not accessable unless it is formatted).I individually teted the four ram chips and they are all fine.System restore didn't do a thing.Any ideas guys?

**Rashiki** · 12-19-2005, 12:38 AM

Crack open the case and take a good look at the capacitors on the board. Are any broken, leaking or bloated?

Power irregularities aren't friends with electrical components, and the failing of the UPS could very well have fried your board in some way. Do you have another power supply you could put in temporarily?

Hope you filled out the protection plan on the UPS...

thomaskhalil · 12-19-2005, 05:24 AM

ny other ideas?I really need help with this.
Thanks

~~whodat~~ · 12-19-2005, 05:38 AM

reset the cmos, then adjust the fields
accordingly.

there is a chance the power surge/drop burnt your power supply. which by the way you didnt give the specs on that.

good luck and post back

**keymaker** · 12-19-2005, 11:32 PM

clear the cmos and take out the motherboard battery for about 20min. then put the battery back on and make sure the cmos jumper is on its default settings.

thomaskhalil · 12-22-2005, 12:29 AM

the power supply is a sea sonic 600w.Thanks for theadvice.I'll try that and get back to you.Thanks again very much .

thomaskhalil · 12-28-2005, 03:41 PM

i tried the solution guys , AND IT WORKED.The ram chips were all read, system looks to be in optimum operation condition,and i'm currently using spinrite to recover the damage Hard drive.thank you very much guys,i really appreciate it.

~~whodat~~ · 12-29-2005, 01:36 AM

come visit again

12-18-2005, 06:22 AM	#1 (permalink)
thomaskhalil Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 7 OS: xp media center 2005	Memory issues Hi guys, my problem in kinda weird.It is about a mediacenter computer.It very high end. 3.2ghz 4gb of ram 4 x 400gb hard drives tv tuner etc.. the problem is that last night i left it on and the power went out.I try to power it up and find out that the UPS was closed.Apparently at night the power went out and the ups went out also.When i poered it up it was so slow and i performed the basic troubleshouting steps and found out the following, The rams are read in system properties as 2.6gig instead of 3gb +extended(that is the noral state)and that one of the hard drives is corrupted(not accessable unless it is formatted).I individually teted the four ram chips and they are all fine.System restore didn't do a thing.Any ideas guys?

12-19-2005, 12:38 AM	#2 (permalink)
Rashiki Mentor Hardware Team Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 878 OS: Win XP Pro SP2	Crack open the case and take a good look at the capacitors on the board. Are any broken, leaking or bloated? Power irregularities aren't friends with electrical components, and the failing of the UPS could very well have fried your board in some way. Do you have another power supply you could put in temporarily? Hope you filled out the protection plan on the UPS... __________________ ASUS P5WD2 Premium v0709 \| Intel Prescott 3.2ghz \| 2gb Corsair XMS DDR2-800 PC2-6400 \| Sparkle Power 550w PSU \| ATI All-In-Wonder X600 Pro \| Sound Blaster Audigy 4 \| CoolerMaster Aluminum Case \| WD Raptor 76gb 10K RPM SATA HDD \|ASUS CD/DVD RW Combo Drive \| Mitsumi 7-in-1 Floppy Combo Drive \| Coolermaster Copper Heatsink

12-19-2005, 11:32 PM	#5 (permalink)
keymaker Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,154 OS: windows xp	clear the cmos and take out the motherboard battery for about 20min. then put the battery back on and make sure the cmos jumper is on its default settings. __________________ AVG Spybot SpywareBlaster Adware CCleaner Diskeeper ZoneAlarm

12-19-2005, 05:24 AM	#3 (permalink)
thomaskhalil Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 7 OS: xp media center 2005	ny other ideas?I really need help with this. Thanks

12-19-2005, 05:38 AM	#4 (permalink)
~~whodat~~ Register user Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 5,931 OS: XP	reset the cmos, then adjust the fields accordingly. there is a chance the power surge/drop burnt your power supply. which by the way you didnt give the specs on that. good luck and post back

12-22-2005, 12:29 AM	#6 (permalink)
thomaskhalil Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 7 OS: xp media center 2005	the power supply is a sea sonic 600w.Thanks for theadvice.I'll try that and get back to you.Thanks again very much .

12-28-2005, 03:41 PM	#7 (permalink)
thomaskhalil Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 7 OS: xp media center 2005	i tried the solution guys , AND IT WORKED.The ram chips were all read, system looks to be in optimum operation condition,and i'm currently using spinrite to recover the damage Hard drive.thank you very much guys,i really appreciate it.

12-29-2005, 01:36 AM	#8 (permalink)
~~whodat~~ Register user Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 5,931 OS: XP	come visit again