alexthg Posted December 1, 2005 Share Posted December 1, 2005 Hi, Finally we bought two new machines : 2 Athlon64 X2 4200, each with Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLI mobo, and 2gb ram (2x1gb). At first, the computers didn't recognize the dual core processor. So on one of them, I upgraded the BIOS from version F6 to F10 (using the @BIOS utility from gigabyte), and it worked... WinXP recognized both cores, and it's rendering nicely. But when I tried to do the same for the other machine, it won't boot up. It emits continuous long beep, and can only boot using the backup BIOS (the mobo has dual-bios feature). I've tried to copy the backup bios to the main bios, but still it won't boot-up using the main bios. Can anyone tell me what's wrong, and what should I do next? I'm really puzzled, as both machines' specs are identical Regards, Harry G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJLynn Posted December 1, 2005 Share Posted December 1, 2005 Make your vendor replace it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexthg Posted December 2, 2005 Author Share Posted December 2, 2005 Found the problem! it's the RAM placement... the guy from the store who installed the PC put them on DDR slot 1 & 3. I removed 'em, put in slot 1 & 2, and it works i still don't get it why there's no problem booting when using the old bios thanks for your help! Cheers, Harry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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