Vista x64, Nvidia, Creative Audigy 2 & 4GB RAM

Hi all.

I have just added an extra 2GB ram to make total ram 4GB. Since the upgrade
I am having a lot of graphical glitches and not just in the games. They are
on the desktop.

Best description I can give is as though the window has become totally
corrupted, drag the window and it fixes it.

Asrock AM2NF3-VSTA, Amd 5200+, 4GB DDRII-667, NVidia 6800GT 256MB, Audigy 2
ZS Platinum.

None of the issues were evident when I only has 2GB ram, I have run the
Windows Memory Check overnight and it reported no problems.

I have the latest Bios, V1.90, latest Nvidia drivers 158.24, and latest
Creative drivers. I have disables the AM2 boost in the bios, still no
difference.

Any ideas?

Bad or incompatiable new ram.... try the New Ram alone.... if OK try
switching the New and
Old Ram Positions....

"Paul Clarke" <mrpaulclarke@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:67020D35-6BFE-4352-BEAF-5EB95DC25FB9@microsoft.com...
> Hi all.
>
> I have just added an extra 2GB ram to make total ram 4GB. Since the
> upgrade I am having a lot of graphical glitches and not just in the games.
> They are on the desktop.
>
> Best description I can give is as though the window has become totally
> corrupted, drag the window and it fixes it.
>
> Asrock AM2NF3-VSTA, Amd 5200+, 4GB DDRII-667, NVidia 6800GT 256MB, Audigy
> 2 ZS Platinum.
>
> None of the issues were evident when I only has 2GB ram, I have run the
> Windows Memory Check overnight and it reported no problems.
>
> I have the latest Bios, V1.90, latest Nvidia drivers 158.24, and latest
> Creative drivers. I have disables the AM2 boost in the bios, still no
> difference.
>
> Any ideas?
>
>

Paul,

From your motherboard manual:

"Memory Hole
Use this item to enable or disable memory hole. The Default value is
[Disabled]."

Go into the BIOS CMOS setup at boot and change this setting to
"Enabled". See if this helps. If not, you prolly have mismatched RAM.


Paul Clarke wrote:
> Hi all.
>
> I have just added an extra 2GB ram to make total ram 4GB. Since the
> upgrade I am having a lot of graphical glitches and not just in the
> games. They are on the desktop.
>
> Best description I can give is as though the window has become totally
> corrupted, drag the window and it fixes it.
>
> Asrock AM2NF3-VSTA, Amd 5200+, 4GB DDRII-667, NVidia 6800GT 256MB,
> Audigy 2 ZS Platinum.
>
> None of the issues were evident when I only has 2GB ram, I have run the
> Windows Memory Check overnight and it reported no problems.
>
> I have the latest Bios, V1.90, latest Nvidia drivers 158.24, and latest
> Creative drivers. I have disables the AM2 boost in the bios, still no
> difference.
>
> Any ideas?
>
>

Paul Clarke wrote:
> Hi all.
>
> I have just added an extra 2GB ram to make total ram 4GB. Since the
> upgrade I am having a lot of graphical glitches and not just in the
> games. They are on the desktop.
>
> Best description I can give is as though the window has become totally
> corrupted, drag the window and it fixes it.
>
> Asrock AM2NF3-VSTA, Amd 5200+, 4GB DDRII-667, NVidia 6800GT 256MB,
> Audigy 2 ZS Platinum.
>
> None of the issues were evident when I only has 2GB ram, I have run the
> Windows Memory Check overnight and it reported no problems.
>
> I have the latest Bios, V1.90, latest Nvidia drivers 158.24, and latest
> Creative drivers. I have disables the AM2 boost in the bios, still no
> difference.
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
I Recently Got Rid Of My Nvidia GeForce 6800, And Bought An ATI Radeon
X700 From ATI.Com's Online Store, I Also Got Rid Of My Creative Audigy 2
ZS Sound Card, A While Ago, And I Got A Creative Sound Blaster X-FI
Extreme Music Sound Card, A While Ago, I Suggest That You Do The Same
Things, Creative Often Updates Their X-FI Driver's More Sooner And More
Often Than They Update Older Sound Card's, ATI Updates Their Windows XP
(All Version's) And Windows Vista (All Version's) Driver's Each And
Every Month For The ATI Radeon 9500 Series And Newer, Just FYI.

Well the option in the bios for the memory hole is not there.

I have now updated the BIOS to version 2.00 dated 29/06/07

All the ram is now IDENTICAL, All Kingston.

This seems to be more and more an Nvidia thing.

I simply do not believe that I can't get x64 working with 4gb ram and an
NVidia card.



"Paul Clarke" <mrpaulclarke@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:67020D35-6BFE-4352-BEAF-5EB95DC25FB9@microsoft.com...
> Hi all.
>
> I have just added an extra 2GB ram to make total ram 4GB. Since the
> upgrade I am having a lot of graphical glitches and not just in the games.
> They are on the desktop.
>
> Best description I can give is as though the window has become totally
> corrupted, drag the window and it fixes it.
>
> Asrock AM2NF3-VSTA, Amd 5200+, 4GB DDRII-667, NVidia 6800GT 256MB, Audigy
> 2 ZS Platinum.
>
> None of the issues were evident when I only has 2GB ram, I have run the
> Windows Memory Check overnight and it reported no problems.
>
> I have the latest Bios, V1.90, latest Nvidia drivers 158.24, and latest
> Creative drivers. I have disables the AM2 boost in the bios, still no
> difference.
>
> Any ideas?
>
>

Moving on. I think this is not an Nvidia thing.

I removed one stick of ram. This meant I now had 3GB ram, but I still had
the same problem. I have sent of a technical support request to ASROCK but I
am not holding my breath.

To get back to a working solution I have now reverted back to 2GB. It does
seem as though there are issues with Vista x64 and 4GB due to the vast
number of posts on the net.

My next test will be to see If I get issues with XP x64 or Linux.

"Paul Clarke" <mrpaulclarke@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:67020D35-6BFE-4352-BEAF-5EB95DC25FB9@microsoft.com...
> Hi all.
>
> I have just added an extra 2GB ram to make total ram 4GB. Since the
> upgrade I am having a lot of graphical glitches and not just in the games.
> They are on the desktop.
>
> Best description I can give is as though the window has become totally
> corrupted, drag the window and it fixes it.
>
> Asrock AM2NF3-VSTA, Amd 5200+, 4GB DDRII-667, NVidia 6800GT 256MB, Audigy
> 2 ZS Platinum.
>
> None of the issues were evident when I only has 2GB ram, I have run the
> Windows Memory Check overnight and it reported no problems.
>
> I have the latest Bios, V1.90, latest Nvidia drivers 158.24, and latest
> Creative drivers. I have disables the AM2 boost in the bios, still no
> difference.
>
> Any ideas?
>
>