I have the Intel DG45ID Media board, and since setting the memory to manual (800Mhz) in the BIOS the system will not boot. It powers up, the fans run, the HDD's spin, but no display appears and no error beeps sound. I get the 3 long beeps when I attempt to boot without the memory cards installed, and have tried clearing the CMOS. I have attempted to upgrade the BIOS using the latest Intel BIOS update, via a USB flash drive and ISO disc, both without reward. I have studied the Intel site blogs and tried everything that was suggested. I'm going mad, and beginning to lose all hope here, please help! Dave
Here you maybe should not set the manual setting to 800 mghz.
Use the default setting as you can save and reboot it.
There may be a problem with the way the bios sees the memory. Also examine your manual carefully for indications of how the memory needs to be installed.
Some boards require two or more modules to be installed, and will not run correctly with out the modules required installed. Some of these boards will not allow mixing anything except exact sets. That is to say each module must be the same. Some boards are far more tolerant of kinds and makes of modules.
With out the memory, you will not have anything to run on.
So, I would suggest to let the bios set what it sees.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Intel+DG45ID+pdf&btnG=Search&aq=f&oq=&aqi=
"Four 240-pin Double Data Rate 2 (DDR2) SDRAM Dual Inline Memory Module
(DIMM) connectors with gold-plated contacts
• Support for:
. Non-ECC, 1.8 V, DDR2 800/667 MHz memory
. Serial Presence Detect (SPD) memory only
. Unbuffered, non-registered single- or double-sided DIMMs (except double-sided
DIMMs with x16 organization)
. Memory configurations listed below:
• Up to 2.0 GB utilizing 256 Mb technology
• Up to 4.0 GB utilizing 512 Mb or 1 Gb technology
• Up to 8.0 GB utilizing 1 Gb technology
• A minimum of 512 MB of total memory is required"
"NOTE
To be fully compliant with all applicable Intel ® SDRAM memory specifications, the
board should be populated with DIMMs that support the Serial Presence Detect (SPD)
data structure. If your memory modules do not support SPD, you will see a
notification to this effect on the screen at power up. The BIOS will attempt to
configure the memory controller for normal operation."
So, the memory is dependent on the configuration. It appears that this board requires 4 modules at once to be installed, depends on the amount of memory per module as well.
Be careful about flashing the bios. By doing that you can ruin the bios and make the computer completely unusable until you get and install a new bios module, if you do not pick the exact correct flash version.
In addition:
Make sure you know what kind of memory you are installing in this board.
Also in the manual it is very well explained that the processor has to be of a certain type, other wise this board will not work correctly.
Also the power supply has to be the type with the extra power 4-pin plug and has to be plugged in or else the board can be damaged.
One more addition:
"since setting the memory to manual (800Mhz) in the BIOS the system will not boot."
I am not sure that the memory is 800mhz if the bios will not take it.
And.... it should not be necessary to set the speed of the memory in the bios. This should be automatically set by default when the machine is turned on, the bios should see the speed by default correctly.
Again, this board appears to require 4 memory modules to be installed to be able to run correctly. And it appears that all 4 need to be the same.
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Hello Dave,
Have you tried setting your CMOS jumper to clear, while the jumper is in this position, power on the pc. This should boot to BIOS so that you can reset your settings.
Good Luck
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