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  1. guitarguy

    Can only boot with one stick of ram installed

    well i decided to boot up with the other stick of ram (one that isn't being used) and it still wont boot even the only way it will boot is only with 1 stick of ram, the other stick of ram. i guess this stick of ram is dead?
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    Can only boot with one stick of ram installed

    this is everything on the label. corsair xms2 CM2X2048-6400C5C 800mhz 5-5-518 1.80v ver6.1
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    Can only boot with one stick of ram installed

    all it says on the packaging is 2x2gb ddr2...
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    Can only boot with one stick of ram installed

    how would i do and how would i know what timings and voltages to set?
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    Can only boot with one stick of ram installed

    I have have been running my new build for a couple of days now and everything seems to be running fine but I can only boot up with one stick of ram installed in slot 2. I have have tried all combinations with two sticks of ram (slotting them into different slots) and also with just the one stick...
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    Unrecognized HDD...

    i can only find window 98 and xp ones
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    Unrecognized HDD...

    yes, could i not take the hdd from my laptop (which has vista running) and run that, then formatt the new hdd somehow?
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    Unrecognized HDD...

    i'll give it ago EDIT - i think i have an old 80gb hdd with linux installed on it... EDIT - after the list disk command it is still only showing the disc in the disc drive and if i do carry on to the select partition 1 command it says 'virtual disk service error: the disk is not...
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    Unrecognized HDD...

    so i should forget about drivers and formatt the drive, how on earth do i do that
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    Unrecognized HDD...

    to sum up, get all the drivers off the asus site, put on disc, load windows 7 then take that disc out put drivers disc in load those drivers EDIT - when i do go into a sata port in the bios it always says 'extended IDE drive, not sure what that means...
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    Unrecognized HDD...

    and how do i do that :confused:
  12. guitarguy

    Unrecognized HDD...

    ok i'll get that battery out :) EDIT- ok im back in the bios :) EDIT- the only way that i can have all sata pots enabled is by having NVRAID enabled where i look i just can't find the hdd. hmm, i do have a external hdd laying around somewhere... EDIT - when i do enable the NVRAID and...
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    Unrecognized HDD...

    ok so i went to the advance screen in the bios and found something called NVRAID (which was disabled) then i enabled and then enabled sata port 4 (where my HDD is) it seems to have recognized something, i'll try to install windows now and see if it works... :) which did not work, got to the...
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    Unrecognized HDD...

    and it doesn't matter that its a sata drive?
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