Bad RAM?

[electromaster84]

Re: Bad RAM?

Tried to find the manual to this board, but could only locate the manual for the deluxe version. Anyway reading through the manual (http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/...n-e_deluxe.pdf) on page 38 I noticed this:

"If installing the ATI® 9500 or 9700 Pro Series VGA cards, use only the
card version PN xxx-xxxxx-30 or later, for optimum performance and
overclocking stability"

Don't know if your gpu is causing your troubles or not, but I thought I would mention it.

[electromaster84]

Re: Bad RAM?

According to Wikipedia the nforce3 chipset is incompatible with vista.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NForce...ncompatibility

[Dan81]

Re: Bad RAM?

What is the date code of the 1.01 BIOS when it boots?

Asus website has a BIOS 1011 update. It is dated 2006/03/23. Maybe give it a try and re-try with default BIOS settings?

http://www.asus.com/support/Download/1/20/2/2/8/

It says it's 1009. Will try a update tomorrow and report back.

[retiredcaps]

Re: Bad RAM?

It says it's 1009. Will try a update tomorrow and report back.

According to the release notes/website

K8N Release BIOS 1010
Fix default memory timing setting.

Maybe 1010 fixes the problem you are seeing?

[junktv]

Re: Bad RAM?

I don't get it...? Vista I installed on this isn't OEM. It's retail.

What retail version?

[Dan81]

Re: Bad RAM?

What retail version?

Ultimate.

Tried to find the manual to this board, but could only locate the manual for the deluxe version. Anyway reading through the manual (http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/...n-e_deluxe.pdf) on page 38 I noticed this:

"If installing the ATI® 9500 or 9700 Pro Series VGA cards, use only the
card version PN xxx-xxxxx-30 or later, for optimum performance and
overclocking stability"

Don't know if your gpu is causing your troubles or not, but I thought I would mention it.

PN 109-A03400-20A is printed on my card. It does work with it though.

According to Wikipedia the nforce3 chipset is incompatible with vista.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NForce...ncompatibility

I use drivers that were modded (by a guy named "Fernando") to work on Vista/7 and 8. Feel free to Google them up,they were stable last time I used them.

[Dan81]

Re: Bad RAM?

Just flashed the BIOS - no luck. Still BSODs,although instead of 0x0000001A I get a ntdll.dll blue screen. Again,this does not happen if I replace the 1GB stick with any other stick.

[retiredcaps]

Re: Bad RAM?

Hmm, according to the original manual at

https://cdn.badcaps-static.com/pdfs/...d22fce5a99.pdf

page 1-11 doesn't even list 1GB sticks. Is there an updated list says the 1GB Kingston is supported?

Also, have you tried another DIMM slot or moved the 1GB to another slot?

[Dan81]

Re: Bad RAM?

Hmm, according to the original manual at

https://cdn.badcaps-static.com/pdfs/...d22fce5a99.pdf

page 1-11 doesn't even list 1GB sticks. Is there an updated list says the 1GB Kingston is supported?

Also, have you tried another DIMM slot or moved the 1GB to another slot?

I think the 1GB stick is newer than the board's manual.