DEFCON Posted March 11, 2004 Share Posted March 11, 2004 this what i posed on overclockersforum.com, please help with the described problem:Ok, I'll try and put this out chronologically as it is a series of various errors and failures.Before I go any farther here are my specs:AMD 1800+ T-bred b JIXID stepping512mb of infineon pc2700 RAM128mb Gefx 5200 (I know it sucks, a replacement is in the mail)Abit NF7-S board1) Installed NF7-S board2)Tried booting, got a long beep, a pause than another beep and so on and so forth3) Changed position of the jumper right above CMOS battery which I assume clears the CMOS. Changed the jumper back to original position4) system booted, I went to BIOS and made some standard changes, inserted Win Xp disk and rebooted.5) Rebooted, booted to XP installation, wouldnt get past loading dynamic volume something-or-ther (dmio)6) Turned off system, disconnected RAID. rebooted, got to installation and entered GUI installation7) Installation failed at some point, it said it was still installing, but hung on 39 minutes remaining for an hour. Rebooted, installation resumed and this time didnt hang. Entered the comp name, etc. Finished input, than BAM! page fault, blue screen, and much cursing and swearing. I believe the page fault was caused by the mobo declocking my RAM to PC2100 based off the 1800+, I have had this type of error before.8) Eventually, I was unable to re-enter installation after said page faults, and simply got a corrupted config file error. I tried booting from the CD and got an "error code 4" at the blue, non-gui windows xp installation screen while trying to recomplete instalallation, than I got as far as loading the kernel debugger next time i rebooted. 9) Several more times, seemingly randomly, I got a beep code error after rebooting and trying to complete installation, usually shorting the jumper above the battery fixed this, but finally even that has stopped working, and I cnat boot at all. 10) ad of right now, I cannot boot at all, and even if i could i dont think i would even be able to boot to the CD.11) if i am able to boot again somehow im going to try using another legit xp cd (the original was legit as well) to see if that helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macgyver Posted March 11, 2004 Share Posted March 11, 2004 Why do people insist on a Raid config.It only adds problems.With the XP1800 make sure you have the multiplier on 11.5. Otherwise it will not work.Set the ram to Auto and add some volts to the chipset as well as the ram and CPU.The Abit is known to undervolt.Try the ram in a different slot.I have as you know 2 of these personally and installed two more and never had a problem.Start the install again once you disconnect the raid and firewire and Sata. Get the mult on 11.5 and FSB at 133 with the ram on 100% or auto. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEFCON Posted March 11, 2004 Author Share Posted March 11, 2004 well, i have the RAID totally disconnected and it has been since 2nd or 3rd boot attemp. The thing wouldnt work even with defaults, as I would get those page faults (assuming the process got this far) when the mobo clocked the RAM to 266 by default. I had a similar error with pc3200 ram declocking to pc2700, the only fix in that case was to replace the ram. I know the RAM doesnt need to be replaced in this case though. A friend of mine had a short that resulted in intermittent boots, perhaps I have the same problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamikaze Posted March 11, 2004 Share Posted March 11, 2004 possibly it's a shortI dunno, can't think well about this right nowdrank too much last nightbeer and liquid cocaine (it's a drink)I might have an idea later if the room stops hurting my head Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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