WHATS WRONG WITH MY PC- upgrading the rig and its downside

[Sasori]

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sayanga sa gasto nimu bai.. wew.

[benchkicker]

hopefully di nani mocrash ug maayo ako pc para di jud masayang tanan. now im using ATI radeon 9250 128mb 4x/8x video card. so far so good. 2days running wala man problem. lindut ang ATI kay naa option iyang panel to run the card at 4x instead of 8x. and also, checking on the specs, it utilize agp 2.0 which is the agp version of my mobo. so hopefully this will turn out great na.. ill just have to worry about the RAM if it really is the cause of my problems. besides warranty paman pud. peace out people

[butitoy]

bro just tonight.. my pc crashed... and i got the blue screen again... otherwise known as the screen of death.. hehehe anyway its a... win32k.sys error ...
and check around the net and this error occurs with problems either hardware or software = 80% hardware problem (RAM) and 20% error in windows installations.
On my pc, I dont think its the software so Im guessing its my PC400 RAM. A
s what countme_in18 has posted, I think he is right na magproblem jud ang pc400 running in 266 mem bunga mobo.. well depend sad siguro sa mobo... but my mobo really cant handle my PC400 RAM. ]
Backward compatibility works for some but i guess it doesnt work for me.
sigh .. but anyway, I'll continue testing my rig without touching anything..
the screen of death only appeared once tonight while I was checking some mails so I'll just keep you posted if it happens again... sigh.

thats why its advisable to use duoble sided RAM on older motherboards...based on experience and thru reading..

ex.
• ddr400 - 256MB : single sided / 4blocks

** this is contructed with the newer technology ( 288mbit +/- 90nm lithography) and thus has high tendency to fail when used in older mobos.. p4vmm2 rev1 and likes.


• ddr400 - 256mb : duoble sided / 16blocks
** this is constructed with older technology (88mbit? +/130nm lithography ) and thus very compatible with older mobos, specially when ran at lower ratings and it operates at higher timings, from ddr400 @ CAS 3.5 into ddr266 CAS 2.5
= reccommended brands ; samsung;kingston; PQI

anyways..ur proccessor dictates the mobo at which speed rating will ur memory will ran..or blue screen it!

as what i have at home..
mobo : I865G springdale chipped ; dual channel x 4slots ; ddr400 capable ; HT

RAM : 2 x 512MB duoble sided 16blocks CAS 3.5 PQI sticks

processor : 2GHz Northwood core (100 x 20 ) 400MHz fsb >>maximum memory capability : 266MHz

result : lowest speed prevail for memory / highest memory capability rating prevails for cpu
: CAS 2.5 ( 133 x duoble data rate ) 266MHz / 266MHz


status : no blue screen since. running gud..can be overclocked to 2.66 and stable.

[benchkicker]

wow nice info bro. thanks. im using 512mb pc400 Kingston ddr double sided ni.

[vladmire]

cheers...