just put some new RAM in. Booted the computer up and I keep getting this message. Took the RAM back out and still getting this message. Haven't moved anything, unplugged anything, etc. Any ideas?

7/30/2005 3:45:53 PM

make sure the ide cables are good and snug..otherwise..u broke it

7/30/2005 3:55:17 PM

ok. got that working but it's not reading both sticks of RAM in it. The mo-bo is a Spacewalker Mainboard KT266A. I bought a stick of 512 pc-2700. it has 512 pc-2100 in it. are these 2 not going to work in tandem? it will boot correctly with one or the other in it. but not both.

7/30/2005 3:57:33 PM

disconnect and reconnect the IDE cable

I get that error a lot, on many computers, always randomly, and it always goes away randomly too... make sure the blue end of the cable is in the motherboard, and that the IDE drive (if single) is at the end of the cable. If you can't get the message to go away, it's not too important, it just limits your drive to 33MBps or so, and throughput doesn't really matter anyway for a desktop drive.

As far as the memory... the different speeds shouldn't affect it, they should both just run at 2100. It may help to manually set the memory clock to 266, relax the timings, and try them in different slots. Someone would probably be able to help more knowing how far it got into booting, the timings and density of the two modules, and what you were wearing at the time.

[Edited on July 30, 2005 at 4:39 PM. Reason : *]

7/30/2005 4:38:43 PM

That message comes up when you use an old 40pin IDE cable on a UDMA capable device.

It also happens if the IDE cable you are using is loose, or if its damaged.

If you are getting this even after double-checking that everything is plugged in, you should really replace the cable. It probably has a loose or broken connection. 80pin ida cables are cheap as hell anyway.

7/30/2005 5:06:47 PM