<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 2:21 PM, Jarod Wilson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jarod@wilsonet.com">jarod@wilsonet.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">On Aug 12, 2009, at 1:37 PM, R. G. Newbury wrote:<br>
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Kevin Bailey wrote:<br>
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I know this isn't quite myth related, but perhaps it will help<br>
others interested in buying a Zotac ion board.<br>
I bought 2 of these boards, the single core with power supply<br>
variety. Neither of them make it to the BIOS boot screen.<br>
I have a PS2 keyboard plugged in, VGA monitor (although I've<br>
also tried DVI), memory and of course the power supply. I've<br>
also tried it with a USB memory stick.<br>
When I power it on, the keyboard and USB drive light up<br>
briefly but then nothing.<br>
I tried clearing the CMOS with jumper 1.<br>
The only thing in common is the memory. I bought this:<br>
<a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820134117" target="_blank">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820134117</a><br>
Kingston ValueRAM, 2x1GB, DDR2 800MHz, 240 pin, CAS latency 5, 1.8V<br>
I've tried with one stick in each slot, and with both.<br>
Is this even the right kind of memory ? What are others using ?<br>
If not the memory, is there something obvious that I'm supposed to do<br>
to get it to power up ?<br>
Thanks<br>
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I recently got the A-U version of this motherboard (dual core and brick power). My memory stick is the same spec as yours: DDR2 800. Normally I would suspect the power supply, since you do not get to a BIOS screen.<br>
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I have the dual-core atx power board. Wouldn't do squat with a pair of 1G DDR2-800 sticks I pulled out of another box (where they worked just fine, but were to be replaced by a pair of 2G sticks I bought). Works just fine with the pair of 2G sticks I'd wanted to put in the other box. *shrug* Guess its a bit intolerant of something or other. Voltage? Timings? Dunno...<br>
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</font><br clear="all"></blockquote></div><br>I suspect the Zotac ION boards are somewhat picky when it comes to memory. I recently purchased a IONITX-A and noticed that it would never do a warm boot and only booted 1 out of every 5 or 6 tries. I was about to return it to the store and then thought perhaps the ram I had used (from an old board) was not up to snuff. I replaced it with 4G of Crucial Ballistix from my main system and tada!, boots every time including warm boots. I purchased some decent OCZ ram for it and the system works fine now.<br>
<br>Dennis<br><br>-- <br>“The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There’s also a negative side. ”<br><br>Hunter S. Thompson, US journalist (1939 – 2005)<br>
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