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Richard M · 05-05-2004, 14:57

I'm running an Athlon XP 3200+ (Barton, 200Mhz FSB) in an Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe motherboard with 2x512MB PC3200 DDR.

The problem I'm having is that no matter what I try, I cannot get the system to boot in dual channel configuration.
AFAIK, it must be in the two blue slots but the guy in the shop where I bought it said it must be one black, one blue.
It boots fine with the RAM in the two blue slots but only runs in single channel (it tells me this in the very brief post messages) but if I move one stick to either of the black slots then it refuses to boot, all it does it turn on and doesn't supply an "on" signal to the monitor, it doesn't even beep.

Anyone know what could be up with it?
Is it the RAM? I bought "branded" PC3200 DDR but they didn't have anything like Corsair XMS - just some make which I can't remember the name of now.

Also, the board is not "talking" when posting, it's enabled in the BIOS but does it only work through the onboard sound or something because I'm using a separate PCI card?

05-05-2004, 14:57	#1
Richard M Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Los Angeles, CA Age: 47 Posts: 6,343	DDR not working in dual-channel / no speech POST I'm running an Athlon XP 3200+ (Barton, 200Mhz FSB) in an Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe motherboard with 2x512MB PC3200 DDR. The problem I'm having is that no matter what I try, I cannot get the system to boot in dual channel configuration. AFAIK, it must be in the two blue slots but the guy in the shop where I bought it said it must be one black, one blue. It boots fine with the RAM in the two blue slots but only runs in single channel (it tells me this in the very brief post messages) but if I move one stick to either of the black slots then it refuses to boot, all it does it turn on and doesn't supply an "on" signal to the monitor, it doesn't even beep. Anyone know what could be up with it? Is it the RAM? I bought "branded" PC3200 DDR but they didn't have anything like Corsair XMS - just some make which I can't remember the name of now. Also, the board is not "talking" when posting, it's enabled in the BIOS but does it only work through the onboard sound or something because I'm using a separate PCI card?