TheGardenTool
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Well everything was going well for about a year until I unplugged my system to plug in an older system that had a file on it my wife needed. When everything was plugged back up, all I'm getting is a DET DRAM error on the LCD poster.
I was even planning on ordering a Q9550 and some new RAM before this happened.
I've done all sorts of reading and googling to find a solution and have tried all that I've seen. Most involve trying to use different sticks of RAM in all the slots, unplugging everything that is non essential to POST, clearing CMOS and removing the CMOS battery for X amount of time (I left it out for about 6 hours yesterday), and nothing is working.
Does anybody else have any suggestions? This seems to be a wide spread problem with Asus boards, ranging from Striker Extremes to Crosshairs and lots in between. Most seem to be from using incompatible RAM. While I don't believe my Buffalo Firestix are on the QVL, they were known to be good and were working for a year on this system prior.
I'd prefer RMA to be a last option but if it does come down to that, then I will probably go ahead and upgrade to Core i7 and just sell it after it comes back. :-\ Wasn't looking to going to a new platform for awhile though.
I was even planning on ordering a Q9550 and some new RAM before this happened.
I've done all sorts of reading and googling to find a solution and have tried all that I've seen. Most involve trying to use different sticks of RAM in all the slots, unplugging everything that is non essential to POST, clearing CMOS and removing the CMOS battery for X amount of time (I left it out for about 6 hours yesterday), and nothing is working.
Does anybody else have any suggestions? This seems to be a wide spread problem with Asus boards, ranging from Striker Extremes to Crosshairs and lots in between. Most seem to be from using incompatible RAM. While I don't believe my Buffalo Firestix are on the QVL, they were known to be good and were working for a year on this system prior.
I'd prefer RMA to be a last option but if it does come down to that, then I will probably go ahead and upgrade to Core i7 and just sell it after it comes back. :-\ Wasn't looking to going to a new platform for awhile though.