Ram Speed Set Wrong

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Ram Speed Set Wrong, Changed in Bios

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kingmirin View Member Profile	May 5 2005, 09:41 PM Post #1
New Member Group: Members Posts: 3 Joined: 5-May 05 Member No.: 19,152	Hey - you guys seem to know whats going on in the bios - i have a real problem on my hands - i have an old tangent with 128 rambus with a filler stick thing for the other slot - i bought a 256 stick for it. I booted it up after i installed it and it had an error - so i went to mess around in the bios to see if i could get it to work.....and i realize that i set the ram speed to 400mhz - and as i am told now that type of ram only goed to like 100mhz or somethng like that - now my computer just beeps on startup and does nothing - can you guys help me?[SIZE=7][SIZE=14][SIZE=7] Mod Edit: Post moved This post was moved so it will get better exposure. This post has been edited by Leurgy: May 5 2005, 09:58 PM

Leurgy View Member Profile	May 5 2005, 10:07 PM Post #2
Voted most likely Group: Members Posts: 3,675 Joined: 19-September 04 From: Collingwood, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 2,883	Hi kingmirin and welcome to BC Go back into the bios and look for "Restore Bios Defaults". That should allow you to boot. If its an older computer your Ram speed would be 100Mhz or 133 for SDRam. Edo would be 66Mhz? If neccessary put the old ram back in for now. Post back with some additional info on the computer and we'll see if we can sort it out. When you are in the bios see what type it is and we can get you the beep codes. It might be Pheonix or Award or AMI but see if you see it in there or on the first boot screen. -------------------- ** We use our powers for good, not evil ** When the only tool you own is a hammer, every problem begins to resemble a nail. Abraham Maslo

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