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ASUS A7N8X Deluxe and 2 Corsair XMS PC3200 512MB DDR Dimms Problems with Some Games
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Asus a7n8x Deluxe 2x Corsair XMS pc3200 512MB DDR Dimm - Total of 1GB AMD 2500+ Barton 333fsb Geforce 3 Ti200 64mb Windows ME When I run just 1 stick of my 3200 ram above, (does not matter which of the 2 dimms or which bay on the motherboard) battlefield 1942 runs fine. When I add the 2nd stick (does not matter which one, or which combination of banks the 2 dimms are in, either in single or dual channel mode) the game will simply kick me back to the desktop. I've tried everything I can think of. - I ran the ram in DDR mode at 166fsb to match my cpu at 166fsb - I ran the ram in DDR mode at 200fsb and the cpu in 166fsb at stock multiplier 11.0 for the Barton 2500+ - I ran the ram in DDR mode at 200fsb and the cpu in 200fsb at 9.5 multiplier - I ran the ram in DDR at CAS 2.0 and 3-3-7 for the other settings in all combos above - I ran the ram in DDR at CAS 2.5 and 3-3-8 for all above Whenever I just run 1 stick of this stuff all my games work fine. When I run 2 sticks either in Dual Channel or even Single Channel mode in all the bios settings above I get kicked to the desktop when I run Battlefield 1942. My other game, Jedi Knight 2 Jedi Outcast runs fine with both sticks on. I also tried the adjustment in the 1942 VideoDefault.con file and set 'renderer.allowAllRefreshRates 1'. I am getting ready to bite the bullet and order pc2700 ram and RMA this 3200 stuff unless anyone can help me out. Thanks in advance! |
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"-S-" wrote in message m... I have the following hardwa Asus a7n8x Deluxe 2x Corsair XMS pc3200 512MB DDR Dimm - Total of 1GB (snip) 1 GB ram! Read he http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;253912 Give it a try it might help. -- callsignviper The truth is out there. You just have to look in the right places and ask the right questions. |
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"rkd" wrote in message om... Windows Me is limited to 512 megs of memory. Not entirely accurate! Read he http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;253912 -- callsignviper The truth is out there. You just have to look in the right places and ask the right questions. |
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Thanks everyone for your replies. I did not realize there was an
issue with the Win9x family and going over 512MB of ram. When I get home later today I will test this out, it makes sense that this would be the problem. I also received the 'out of memory' prompt on the desktop when attempting to open a MS-DOS window when running both sticks of my ram (1GB), which is explained in the ms helpdesk link you provided as a symptom. This would also explain why my ram is not working in either single channel or dual (DDR) mode, in various fsb and latency bios settings when I have more than 1 stick of ram on the board. It is unusual that only Battlefield 1942 is not working where as my other games are such as Jedi Knight 2 (which BTW looks amazing even with just 1 stick of ram) and Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds. This may be because it is the only application I have that attempts to access over 512mb of ram. It would make sense if ME did not support over 512mb, most all motherboards at that time did not support more than 512 anyway, I know my pentium 3 800mhz 133fsb w/ Intel 815E board only supported 512ram, which is the system that I'm upgrading from, hence trying to get away with using my old ME OS. I would prefer not to have to upgrade to XP for money reasons, even though I've heard that it's MS' best OS thus far. I'll post again and let everyone know what I find. Thanks -S- |
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Thanks again to everyone. The link provided was the solution ...
Windows ME needs help if you are going to run over 512MB of ram, in the order of editing the system.ini file to cap the virtual cache to 512MB. My question now is, by putting a cap on the virtual cache at 512MB, does my computer even use the extra memory (I have 1GB in my case) when I am gaming? (The whole reason I have 1GB). Thanks for your help. |
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Just FYI, I'm using Corsair mem and having bf1942 issues too. I use a
single stick of 512 pc2700. It's their Value Select product and I think it may be the cause of my 'crash/crash to desktop' problems. "TEQ" wrote in message ... "-S-" wrote in message ... Thanks again to everyone. The link provided was the solution ... Windows ME needs help if you are going to run over 512MB of ram, in the order of editing the system.ini file to cap the virtual cache to 512MB. My question now is, by putting a cap on the virtual cache at 512MB, does my computer even use the extra memory (I have 1GB in my case) when I am gaming? (The whole reason I have 1GB). Thanks for your help. The virtual cache has no bearing on the amount of memory windows uses for programs - it only affects the virtual mem settings. So in answer to your question, yes your computer DOES use the extra memory you have when gaming. |
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UR on the right track, keep digging in MicroSoft knowledge base. I had to
adjust my system.ini in Windows ME also. I wish I could remember the setting to correct, but it's slipped my mind. "-S-" wrote in message m... I have the following hardwa Asus a7n8x Deluxe 2x Corsair XMS pc3200 512MB DDR Dimm - Total of 1GB AMD 2500+ Barton 333fsb Geforce 3 Ti200 64mb Windows ME When I run just 1 stick of my 3200 ram above, (does not matter which of the 2 dimms or which bay on the motherboard) battlefield 1942 runs fine. When I add the 2nd stick (does not matter which one, or which combination of banks the 2 dimms are in, either in single or dual channel mode) the game will simply kick me back to the desktop. I've tried everything I can think of. - I ran the ram in DDR mode at 166fsb to match my cpu at 166fsb - I ran the ram in DDR mode at 200fsb and the cpu in 166fsb at stock multiplier 11.0 for the Barton 2500+ - I ran the ram in DDR mode at 200fsb and the cpu in 200fsb at 9.5 multiplier - I ran the ram in DDR at CAS 2.0 and 3-3-7 for the other settings in all combos above - I ran the ram in DDR at CAS 2.5 and 3-3-8 for all above Whenever I just run 1 stick of this stuff all my games work fine. When I run 2 sticks either in Dual Channel or even Single Channel mode in all the bios settings above I get kicked to the desktop when I run Battlefield 1942. My other game, Jedi Knight 2 Jedi Outcast runs fine with both sticks on. I also tried the adjustment in the 1942 VideoDefault.con file and set 'renderer.allowAllRefreshRates 1'. I am getting ready to bite the bullet and order pc2700 ram and RMA this 3200 stuff unless anyone can help me out. Thanks in advance! |
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