Thanks Ed I will give that a try!........but just wondered if anyone
had experience with Xerox memory.
Well,........ I downloaded and ran Memtest86 3.0, I know less now than
before I did it. I have a hard time understanding technical
stuff...........I suffer from ADD.
Help!
Has anyone used Xerox, 512 PC3200 DDR400 memory in the ASUS-A7N8X-E
Dx motherboard ?? and if it works ok??
I had to do some checking first, because I've never heard of Xerox
memory before. Perhaps the name of the company has an X in it, but
it is something else ?
Xerox makes copiers, and has some printers as well. They sell expensive
memory modules, as upgrades for their other product lines. It
is a surprise to see them shipping PC3200 DDR memory, because most of
their equipment doesn't need it. I tried to find PC3200 on their web
site, but couldn't find it.
No matter what memory you buy, all you can do is install it in the
motherboard and test it. Ed suggested Memtest86 and that is a good
program to use, due to its thoroughness. To use Memtest86, you'll
need a blank floppy. If the downloaded file is compressed with ZIP,
you'll need to unzip it first. When you have the .exe file, you
execute it, and the program will ask you to insert the blank floppy
in the drive. The memtest program will write some information on
the floppy, making the floppy into a boot disk. (You cannot list
the contents of the floppy in Windows, so don't waste your time
trying - the floppy won't have an ordinary file system on it and
works as a dedicated boot disk only. When you don't want the program
any more, just reformat the floppy diskette.)
With the boot disk in hand, you shut down from Windows, then
start the machine up and insert the floppy. Your BIOS should be
set to try to boot from the floppy first, so that the machine
will find the floppy disk, instead of your hard drive.
When the machine is finished booting from the floppy, you'll see
a 640x480 screen with characters on it. Memtest86 will show its
progress, as the memory test runs. If there is a problem with the
memory, memtest86 will print error messages in the bottom half of
the screen. If there are a large number of errors, it can even scroll
the screen and mess it up. If the memory is good, you'll just see
the orderly update of the statistics at the top of the screen.
You can run memtest for as long as you want, but if the program is
error free in an overnight test, chances are your memory is golden.
Once the memory tests good, at that point it is safe to insert
the Windows install CD in the CDROM drive, and install Windows.
HTH,
Paul
