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Step 9, Hard Drive Diagnostics
Ran the short test from SeaTools for Windows. No problems were discovered. Chkdsk was also run. Thought you might want to see CPUZ.
Ran the short test from SeaTools for Windows. No problems were discovered. Chkdsk was also run. Thought you might want to see CPUZ.
Did not disconnect Floppy or Cd drives. Did re-install the Atheros Network Adapter with a new driver.
Core Temp is a nice little utility. When it's running, CPU core temps are displayed in the taskbar, down by the clock. I like it.
No Errors in Device Manager. Hardware auto-update is turned on.
Not going to go there until it is determined nescesary. Skipped Step 14 as well.
Nice tool. Just used the verify switch. No Problems that I can see. I like the log file feature.
I originally skipped step 13 until it appeared to be necesary. Win 7 started whining about, I forget, but it had something to do with the AMD HD 3200. So, I uninstalled it from Uninstal or change a Program. As you can see in the screencap the "old" driver is 8.0.873.0 and the "new" one is 8.0.881.0
This one step likely accounted for the biggest increase in responsiveness. By the time I got to this step, I had allready pulled 2 sticks of ram. The computer is more responsive running on 4 GB with the new driver, compared to 8 GB and the old driver. I can hardly wait till I can figure out the ram problem.
I was running American Megatrends bios version 1501. Today I upgraded to version 1701. Prior to upgrading I reset all the bios settings back to their defaults and removed the 2 possibly problematic ram sticks (sticks 3,4).
After the upgrade to ver 1701, I tried moving the sticks around a bit. Sticks 1,2 work good in slot 1,2. Sticks 3,4 in slot 3,4 cause no boot. Sticks 3,4 in slot 1,2 cause no boot. So I pulled sticks 3,4 to try in another machine. Not sure if slot 3,4 is no good or stick 3,4 is no good. All I do know for sure is I get no boot when both 3,4's are involved.
Strange huh?
Cannot see any visible signs of damage to stick 3,4. The only thing that does attract a second look is on stick 3. I have highlighted what appears to be a burn. Actually it's just more of a discoloration.
Ram modules 1,2 work fine in slot 1,2. When I install module 3 in slot 3, I lose dual channel. Module 4 in slot 4 causes BSOD. MEMORY MANAGEMENT ERROR
Motherboard is a M4A78PRO running Version 1701 bios.
All bios settings are set to AUTO except for:
AI OVERCLOCK = MANUAL
DRAM FREQUENCY CONTROL = MANUAL
DRAM FREQUENCY = 800
TCL = 5 CLOCKS
TRCD = 5 CLOCKS
TRP = 5 CLOCKS
TRTP = AUTO
TRAS = AUTO
TRC = 18 CLOCKS
TWR = AUTO
TRRD = AUTO
DRAM VOLTAGE = 1.99
NBVOLTAGE = AUTO
Last edited by crash2009; 17 Aug 2012 at 08:38. Reason: further ram testing
It appears to me that the new display driver has caused some "Combing". 411 Ctrl D displays some evidence of the 29/59 bug.