Ram won't work with board please help!

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  1. hexxon
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    Ram won't work with board please help!


    Okay so I just got a stick of 2gb pc-5300 dimm 667mhz 240 pin count. I also have 2x2gb pc-6400, I have an intel p946gz it doesn't allow overclocking. The system came with 1gb of kingston and 256mb of pc-4200. If I try the two sticks of 2gb together or the other one seperately it won't boot. If I stick the 2gb of pc-5300 it wont even display the acer screen. If I put the 2x2gb it will show the acer screen, but won't let me go into bios so I assume this is indicating a crash? I am running an e6400 intel core 2 duo with an evga 210 graphics card with 512mb dedicated. Right now I am on the system with the 1256mb in it, but any other combination of ram and it will cease to boot. Many thanks to whoever can help me with my problem as this is very frustrating. The board says it supports up to 8gb at 10.8gb/s.
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  3. grimreaper
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    hexxon said:
    Okay so I just got a stick of 2gb pc-5300 dimm 667mhz 240 pin count. I also have 2x2gb pc-6400, I have an intel p946gz it doesn't allow overclocking. The system came with 1gb of kingston and 256mb of pc-4200. If I try the two sticks of 2gb together or the other one seperately it won't boot. If I stick the 2gb of pc-5300 it wont even display the acer screen. If I put the 2x2gb it will show the acer screen, but won't let me go into bios so I assume this is indicating a crash? I am running an e6400 intel core 2 duo with an evga 210 graphics card with 512mb dedicated. Right now I am on the system with the 1256mb in it, but any other combination of ram and it will cease to boot. Many thanks to whoever can help me with my problem as this is very frustrating. The board says it supports up to 8gb at 10.8gb/s.
    From what i read on Intel's site, this Intel946GZ supports max 4gb ram @ 800MHz FSB, so there should be no problem with installing your 2x2gb PC-6400....have you run a memory check on those 2x2gb sticks?
    Last edited by grimreaper; 22 Jul 2010 at 23:48. Reason: correction
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  4. Petey7
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    What bios version do you have (some thing like A02)? You might need to update the bios on your computer if you can. I remember a thread from the other day where someone had a similar (if not the same) problem and updating the bios fixed it.
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  6. hexxon
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    ok will this require a flash of the bios? or is it pretty simple? all of the memory I have is perfectly functional in the other computer. sorry forgot to mention that. I will look into updating the bios. Thanks guys
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  7. Petey7
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    Updating and flashing are the same thing. Usually you can start the process from within windows and it will do it automatically. I found the other thread where the guy had an intel board that could support eight gigs but the computer would crash with anything more than two. After flashing/updating the bios his problem was solved.
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  8. grimreaper
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    here's the latest Graphics Media Accelerator Driver Windows 7 x32 (Intel 946GZ)

    Ver:15.12.75.4.1930
    Date:10/2/2009
    Size:23255 (KB)

    download here

    If you need any further help, I'll be here.

    Btw thanx Petey7 usually a BIOS update will do the trick.
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  10. hexxon
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    ok thanks for all the help guys, i ran cpuz and it said i have the e946gz. when i go to intels site it offers 3 options of downloads for boards. cpuz doesnt display anything past the e946gz unless i am supposed to match the southbridge to it to get the specific download for the 946 chipset? Once again all your help is much appreciated this has been so frustrating and I hate the bios for this board I imagine an update won't give me more options, but if i can run 4gb I will be happy.
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  11. Petey7
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    Oh, almost forgot. The bios update should come from acer. I'll see if I can find it. Any model number for it you haven't mentioned will help.
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  12. hexxon
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    DMI
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    DMI BIOS
    vendor Phoenix Technologies, LTD
    version R01-A3
    date 06/01/2007

    DMI System Information
    manufacturer Acer
    product Aspire M5600/AM3600
    version R01-A3
    serial unknown
    UUID FEFEFEFE-FEFEFEFE-FEFEFEFE-FEFEFEFE

    DMI Baseboard
    vendor Acer
    model E946GZ
    revision unknown
    serial unknown

    DMI System Enclosure
    manufacturer Broadwater
    chassis type Desktop
    chassis serial unknown

    DMI Processor
    manufacturer Intel
    model Intel(R) Core(TM)2
    clock speed 2128.0 MHz
    FSB speed 266.0 MHz
    multiplier 8.0x

    I think this is it, but let me know.
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  13. grimreaper
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    I was checking out the list of compatible processors for the Intel 946GZ Express Chipset, and your CPU Dual Core E6400 isn't even on there.
    Interesting.
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