K9N4 Ultra-F 2x 2gig ram not working?! (Resolved, indirectly)

 
So I can boot off one stick, either one works, but not both. With both sticks in the board the system wont even post.
Ram is OCZ OCZ2G8004GK DDR2 PC2-6400 800MHz
Other info:
CPU: AMD Athlon AM2 5200+
Video: Geforce 8800 GTS
PSU: Antec 450w Smart Power
I have not yet been able to flash the bios, as I cannot get the system to boot off the floppy drive either :(
No trouble booting off CD, so I will make a bootable CD if needed to flash the bios

Quote from: gtmattz on 08-June-07, 09:37:51
The only suggestion i have been given so far is to install an older 'beta' BIOS version, which made no difference.  That was before the suggestions to disable spread spectrum etc.  So I just re-flashed to the old version (btw how many times can i flash this bios lol?). then went in and set all the memory timing and freq, disabled spread spectrum etc. and it still does not post with 2 sticks of memory in.  I am beginning to think that this motherboard was the wrong choice, as I was looking for a real nForce 500 chipset anyway and not a re-labled nForce4.
"The only suggestion i have been given so far is to install an older 'beta' BIOS version, which made no difference. "
which version exactly? the BIOS version which deserve attempt are those with NVMM changes, that means BIOS versions 1.3 & 1.4
http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=downloaddetail&type=bios&maincat_no=1&prod_no=1083
if you got USB key, you can use our tools to flash your BIOS quick & safe:
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=108079.0
"(btw how many times can i flash this bios lol?)"
depend of BIOS chip, but usually can do up to 10 000 times if im correct.(told you that for statistic only, each BIOS update is a risky..)
"then went in and set all the memory timing and freq, disabled spread spectrum etc. and it still does not post with 2 sticks of memory in.  I am beginning to think that this motherboard was the wrong choice, as I was looking for a real nForce 500 chipset anyway and not a re-labled nForce4."
there is other reasons.. --> the memory used: if you switch and try another brand or another memory type its possible to be ok.(e.g. compatibility issue),
other thing you may have bad CPU, since memory controller is integrated in CPU... but can be bad DIMM slot too... PSU...(which Bas notice you before but as i can see you didn't tried his suggestion yet) or something else..

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