Vista Install Problem

[makoblue]

Yup, I've done it.

The test is on its way. Seems to take a long time...

[Sk!mD4Rk]

oh yeah it does, try 1 stick at time as well. If you get errors with 1 stick up the voltage to 1.9 - 2.1 no more than that. Then try both on auto and then both on 1.9 - 2.1

Hope i got the voltages right, check the manual, mobo and ram.

[makoblue]

Will do, cheers!

Might have to let this run over night.

[Sk!mD4Rk]

woah, should not take that long. If you do have faulty memory it *usually* errors quite quickly. IIRC test 4 or 5 are the one's it's most likely to fail with.

I'm guessing you got the parts from OCUK?

[makoblue]

It didn't take overnight to run, but I was really tired so I left it at about 40% and i think it did multiple passes.

No errors were shown so I'm doing the test again with everything set back to auto.

I might try switching back to one stick, but using only the one that I removed before. I guess if thats fine on it's own then there are no memory problems.

[Sk!mD4Rk]

yeah, install vista with 1 stick of ram. Do the sp1 and other windows updates, then put the other stick in and see how you go.

Good luck!

[makoblue]

Oh, no, as I said earlier, Vista is installed now. I did it with just 1 stick of RAM. But since then when I've tried to put the other stick of RAM back in I keep getting errors.

I've just replaced the stick that seems to work with the other one so I only had one stick in again and I still get errors. There must be something wrong with that one stick of RAM.

Going to have to send that back to ebuyer to be replaced then...

[Sk!mD4Rk]

Oh apologies, was up a bit late

You could try the ram in different slots, not that that would make make any difference though.

[makoblue]

I've resigned myself to the returns policy, unfortunately. There must be something wrong with it.

[Sk!mD4Rk]

And just a few Bios settings that may help;

ACPI enabled - Also you may have ACPI 2.0 which i disabled
PnP aware Os yes or enabled
Pcie Spread spectrum - disabled
Cpu Spread spectrum - disabled
Intel speedstep - try enabled or disabled

It could just be you require a newer Bios, as stated by TAKTAK, manufacturers add more ram support usually with each bios update.

Wouldn't harm to check Asus support site http://support.asus.com/download/dow...5N-E%20SLI

[makoblue]

I updated the BIOS before I even got vista working.

Thanks for the BIOS suggestions, I'll give them a try.