JohnnyGFX
06-17-2008, 12:53 PM
Okay... so here is the situation:
I was having some problems with some graphical corruption and a continuing problem with SLI support functioning in things like Call of Duty 4 (Driver fails and then most of the time recovers but sometimes it does not).
So... I was having these memory issue problems and thought perhaps I should try dropping from the 4gb ram I have in there to just 2 gb ram to see if that would run a little more stable.
I removed 2 of the chips and left ram in slots A1 and A2 (blue slots). I then booted up and checked to see if everything went through. It told me the timing was off in the setup so I went in to check it out.
My ram: Corsair model CM2X1024-8500C5D (XMS2-8500 1024mb 1066MHz 5-5-5-15 2.2v ver 1.2)
I set the ram up to the prescribed settings as listed for my ram. Then I rebooted. This time I noticed it said "SLI Ready Memory Detected - Disabled". I thought, "Well hell, I should enable that". So I went back into the bios and set the SLI Ready setting to CPU 0%, saved and rebooted.
Instead of booting up it comes up with a "1d" error code on the Post Code display. The manual says that means "Early PM initialization". But I don't know what that means. I think, "Well damn... I guess it didn't like me setting the memory to SLI Ready 0%". So I power it down, turn off the power supply, remove the 2nd XFX 8800 GTS 512mb so I can get to the CMOS Reset jumper. Just to be sure, I pull the plug out of the back of the power supply. I then pull the blue jumper off the cmos reset (next to the bios chip) and put it onto jumper's 1&2 (1 being the one with the triangle next to it). I wait for about a minute and then pull the jumper and place it back on pins 2 & 3.
I plug in the power supply, turn it on, and then hit the power button... "1d" comes up again. So I follow all those steps again (I know, insanity to do the same thing over and over expecting a different result). Still the same thing happens.
Next time I try powering it down and I unplug the main power plug from the board as well just to make sure, "1d" again... I pull all but one stick of ram then try a reboot only to get a "C1" error (meaning: "Memory Presence - Base memory detect"). It gives me one very long beep and then a long pause then another very long beep.
I swap the one stick with each of the other 3 sticks I have one at a time resulting in a "C1" error every time. I try just two sticks in A1 and A2 again, "1d". I try all four sticks, "1d" again.
So... I think I followed the procedure correctly to reset the CMOS, but I guess something isn't going right somewhere. Any help would be great.
I was having some problems with some graphical corruption and a continuing problem with SLI support functioning in things like Call of Duty 4 (Driver fails and then most of the time recovers but sometimes it does not).
So... I was having these memory issue problems and thought perhaps I should try dropping from the 4gb ram I have in there to just 2 gb ram to see if that would run a little more stable.
I removed 2 of the chips and left ram in slots A1 and A2 (blue slots). I then booted up and checked to see if everything went through. It told me the timing was off in the setup so I went in to check it out.
My ram: Corsair model CM2X1024-8500C5D (XMS2-8500 1024mb 1066MHz 5-5-5-15 2.2v ver 1.2)
I set the ram up to the prescribed settings as listed for my ram. Then I rebooted. This time I noticed it said "SLI Ready Memory Detected - Disabled". I thought, "Well hell, I should enable that". So I went back into the bios and set the SLI Ready setting to CPU 0%, saved and rebooted.
Instead of booting up it comes up with a "1d" error code on the Post Code display. The manual says that means "Early PM initialization". But I don't know what that means. I think, "Well damn... I guess it didn't like me setting the memory to SLI Ready 0%". So I power it down, turn off the power supply, remove the 2nd XFX 8800 GTS 512mb so I can get to the CMOS Reset jumper. Just to be sure, I pull the plug out of the back of the power supply. I then pull the blue jumper off the cmos reset (next to the bios chip) and put it onto jumper's 1&2 (1 being the one with the triangle next to it). I wait for about a minute and then pull the jumper and place it back on pins 2 & 3.
I plug in the power supply, turn it on, and then hit the power button... "1d" comes up again. So I follow all those steps again (I know, insanity to do the same thing over and over expecting a different result). Still the same thing happens.
Next time I try powering it down and I unplug the main power plug from the board as well just to make sure, "1d" again... I pull all but one stick of ram then try a reboot only to get a "C1" error (meaning: "Memory Presence - Base memory detect"). It gives me one very long beep and then a long pause then another very long beep.
I swap the one stick with each of the other 3 sticks I have one at a time resulting in a "C1" error every time. I try just two sticks in A1 and A2 again, "1d". I try all four sticks, "1d" again.
So... I think I followed the procedure correctly to reset the CMOS, but I guess something isn't going right somewhere. Any help would be great.