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Questions about GIGABYTE products => Motherboards with AMD processors => Topic started by: mclark13 on February 12, 2010, 05:24:17 am
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I have the following in a new build:
# Antec 902
# GA-MA785GMT-UD2H
# CPU HDZ550WFGIBOX Phenom II x2 550 Black Edition Callisto 3.1GHz
# G.Skill 2GB x 4 F3-10666CL8D-4GBHK
# HDD WD Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB
# Antec EarthWatts E650
# DVD Burner SH-S223L
# Windows 7 64bit
Whenever I add more than one module of ram the system crashes, becomes unstable, BSOD (Page_Fault_in_nonpaged_area, PFN_List_Corrupt). Thinking that the memory controller might be bad in the Phenom II, I ordered an Athlon II Quad Core 630. Does the same thing. I have tried the individual modules in every slot and they work fine. However, when I add another stick everything goes bad quickly. I have tried the modules in the same colored slots, nothing. I have tried one in channel 0 and one in channel 2, nothing - it begins crashing. It goes to the Windows Starting and then the four images come together like it is starting up but then it crashes.
This is my first build and I have very limited knowledge regarding the settings in the BIOS. I have been doing as much research as I can but I am at a complete loss. Any help or guidance would be greatly appreciated. I don't know if I should keep the Phenom II or the Athlon II? The memory was on the compatibility list for the mobo. Help please.
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Hi, have you tried installing onto a different hard-drive? I have had a similar problem on one of my builds and it was a harddrive issue.
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Absic115,
Thank you for the suggestion. The hard drive is one thing I haven't thought about. So you loaded Windows 7 on to a different drive and were able to run multiple Dimms at once?
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Yes. The hard drive was causing the problems. In fact, a friend got hold of 7 Western Digital caviar black drives and 5 were faulty. If you have an old HDD knocking around, try installing on that and see if you still have the same problem.