Does anyone know how to underclock ram. I bought a 1GB ram stick from newegg.com and used their memory configurator and the ram i bought came up in the configurator. Ever since i installed the ram, the speed of the computer is way faster, but now i get installation errors that require the use of .cab files. An expert told me that the most likely way to go would be to underclock the RAM by reducing its speed or loosening its latency, but thats one thing i don't know. So if anyone knows please help!! Thanks.

Windows XP Pro SP2
Intel P4 3.00GHz
512Mb Ram
128Mb ATI Radeon X200

Oh and also, The ram i purchased is a PNY Optima 1GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 533 (PC2 4200) Desktop Memory. The one i already have in my computer i don't know about. But does anyone know how to find that out? Thanks.

Windows XP Pro SP2
Intel P4 3.00GHz
512Mb Ram
128Mb ATI Radeon X200

Whenever you buy RAM, the 1st thing you should do is test it. Download memtest86 & check your RAM for errors...if any errors are found, replace it.

http://www.memtest86.com/download.html

Also your CPU & RAM should run at 1:1 ratio. You have an 800FSB CPU with a CPU Freq of 200MHz, therefore you should clock your RAM at 200MHz to match. Your default RAM Freq is 266MHz (DDR533)...it should be underclocked to 200MHz (DDR400).

http://www.compusa.com/products/pro...

I don't know if you're a gamer or not but if you are, do yourself a favor & get a PCI-e video card. The integrated ATI Radeon X200 sucks for games.

FLATURIN - Hand-to-mouth goodness. It's good!

Yea i was thinking about getting a PCI-e card but not yet. I need to get these RAM settings correct. I used memtest. First i used it with just the default RAM and i get no errors at all. Then when i use it with the new RAM inside i get a many errors. An expert told me if i can underclock the ram settings just right, i can get the ram working correctly, but that just one thing i don't know how to work. So do you have directions on how to do this? Thanks.

Windows XP Pro SP2
Intel P4 3.00GHz
512Mb Ram
128Mb ATI Radeon X200

Does this expert have a crystal ball or something? Because I don't see how he is able to know all the fine details about your system from which his conjectures are based.

JSYK, there are quite a few 3GHz P4s out there (see below) & as you can see only two 3.06GHz (3.06G & 519J) versions run at 533MHz FSB, the rest of the 3GHz variants run at 800MHz FSB.

P4 3.0C ~ 3GHz (200x15) - Northwood - S478
P4 3.06G ~ 3GHz (133x23) - Northwood - S478
P4 3.0E ~ 3GHz (200x15) - Prescott - S478

P4 519J ~ 3GHz (133x23) - Prescott - S775
P4 530 ~ 3GHz (200x15) - Prescott - S775
P4 530J ~ 3GHz (200x15) - Prescott - S775

P4 531 ~ 3GHz (200x15) - Prescott - S775
P4 630 ~ 3GHz (200x15) - Prescott - S775
P4 631 ~ 3GHz (200x15) - Cedar Mill - S775

P4 830 ~ 3GHz (200x15) - Smithfield - S775
P4 930 ~ 3GHz (200x15) - Presler - S775

How about downloading CPU-Z for some first hand information about your system. Who knows .... it may have prevented you from upgrading to 266MHz (DDR2-533) memory to begin with. Oh & BTW, the fact that you have an OEM system doesn't help the situation ;-(

P.S. What type of memory did you have in the system before?

I don't understand anything about what you put up there. But anyways, the memory that was already in the system is a 512 MB. I don't know the type it is. Heres a CPU-Z log if this helps:

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CPU-Z version 1.40
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Processors Map
--------------------------

Number of processors 1
Number of threads 2

Processor 0
-- Core 0
-- Thread 0
-- Thread 1

Processors Information
--------------------------

Processor 1 (ID = 0)
Number of cores 1
Number of threads 2 (max 2)
Name Intel Pentium 4 631
Codename Cedar Mill
Specification Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz
Package Socket 775 LGA (platform ID = 2h)
CPUID F.6.2
Extended CPUID F.6
Core Stepping B1
Technology 65 nm
Core Speed 3000.1 MHz (15.0 x 200.0 MHz)
Rated Bus speed 800.0 MHz
Stock frequency 3000 MHz
Instructions sets MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, EM64T
L1 Data cache 16 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
Trace cache 12 Kuops, 8-way set associative
L2 cache 2048 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
FID/VID Control no

Thread dumps
--------------------------

CPU Thread 0
APIC ID 0
Topology Processor ID 0, Core ID 0, Thread ID 0
Type 01001003h
Max CPUID level 00000006h
Max CPUID ext. level 80000008h

Function eax ebx ecx edx
0x00000000 0x00000006 0x756E6547 0x6C65746E 0x49656E69
0x00000001 0x00000F62 0x00020800 0x0000E41D 0xBFEBFBFF
0x00000002 0x605B5001 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x007D7040
0x00000003 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x00000004 0x00004121 0x01C0003F 0x0000001F 0x00000000
0x00000004 0x00004143 0x01C0103F 0x000007FF 0x00000000
0x00000005 0x00000040 0x00000040 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x00000006 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x80000000 0x80000008 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x80000001 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000001 0x20100000
0x80000002 0x20202020 0x20202020 0x20202020 0x6E492020
0x80000003 0x286C6574 0x50202952 0x69746E65 0x52286D75
0x80000004 0x20342029 0x20555043 0x30302E33 0x007A4847
0x80000005 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x80000006 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x08006040 0x00000000
0x80000007 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x80000008 0x00003024 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000

MSR 0x0000001B edx = 0x00000000 eax = 0xFEE00900
MSR 0x00000017 edx = 0x000A0000 eax = 0x00000000
MSR 0x0000002C edx = 0x00000000 eax = 0x0F12030F
MSR 0x000001A0 edx = 0x00000000 eax = 0x20240089

CPU Thread 1
APIC ID 1
Topology Processor ID 0, Core ID 0, Thread ID 1
Type 01001003h
Max CPUID level 00000006h
Max CPUID ext. level 80000008h

Function eax ebx ecx edx
0x00000000 0x00000006 0x756E6547 0x6C65746E 0x49656E69
0x00000001 0x00000F62 0x01020800 0x0000E41D 0xBFEBFBFF
0x00000002 0x605B5001 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x007D7040
0x00000003 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x00000004 0x00004121 0x01C0003F 0x0000001F 0x00000000
0x00000004 0x00004143 0x01C0103F 0x000007FF 0x00000000
0x00000005 0x00000040 0x00000040 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x00000006 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x80000000 0x80000008 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x80000001 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000001 0x20100000
0x80000002 0x20202020 0x20202020 0x20202020 0x6E492020
0x80000003 0x286C6574 0x50202952 0x69746E65 0x52286D75
0x80000004 0x20342029 0x20555043 0x30302E33 0x007A4847
0x80000005 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x80000006 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x08006040 0x00000000
0x80000007 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x80000008 0x00003024 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000

MSR 0x0000001B edx = 0x00000000 eax = 0xFEE00800
MSR 0x00000017 edx = 0x000A0000 eax = 0x00000000
MSR 0x0000002C edx = 0x00000000 eax = 0x0F12030F
MSR 0x000001A0 edx = 0x00000000 eax = 0x20240089

Chipset
--------------------

Northbridge ATI RS400/RC400/RC410 rev. 01
Southbridge ATI SB400 rev. 80
Memory Type DDR2
Memory Size 1536 MBytes
Memory Frequency 266.5 MHz ()
CAS# 4.0
RAS# to CAS# 5
RAS# Precharge 5
Cycle Time (tRAS) 15

Memory SPD
--------------------

DIMM #1

General
Memory type DDR2
Manufacturer (ID) (7F7F7FA700000000)
Size 512 MBytes
Max bandwidth PC2-4300 (266 MHz)
Part number CL4-4-4DDR2-533
Manufacturing date Week 51/Year 06

Attributes
Number of banks 1
Data width 64 bits
Correction None
EPP no

Timings table
Frequency (MHz) 200 266 266
CAS# 3.0 4.0 5.0
RAS# to CAS# delay 3 4 4
RAS# Precharge 3 4 4
TRAS 9 12 12
TRC 12 16 16

DIMM #2

General
Memory type DDR2
Manufacturer (ID) (0000000000000000)
Size 1024 MBytes
Max bandwidth PC2-5300 (333 MHz)
Part number

Attributes
Number of banks 2
Data width 64 bits
Correction None
EPP no

Timings table
Frequency (MHz) 200 266 333
CAS# 3.0 4.0 5.0
RAS# to CAS# delay 3 4 5
RAS# Precharge 3 4 5
TRAS 9 12 15
TRC 12 16 20

Dump Module #1
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
00 80 08 08 0E 0A 60 40 00 05 3D 50 00 82 08 00 00
10 0C 04 38 01 02 00 03 3D 50 50 60 3C 1E 3C 2D 80
20 25 37 10 22 3C 1E 1E 00 00 3C 69 80 1E 28 00 00
30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 B3
40 7F 7F 7F A7 00 00 00 00 59 43 4C 34 2D 34 2D 34
50 44 44 52 32 2D 35 33 33 20 20 20 10 47 06 51 00
60 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
70 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 42 64 F5

Dump Module #2
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
00 80 08 08 0E 0A 61 40 00 05 30 45 00 82 08 00 00
10 0C 04 38 01 02 00 07 3D 50 50 60 3C 1E 3C 2D 80
20 20 27 10 17 3C 1E 1E 00 00 3C 69 80 18 22 00 50
30 7A 4B 34 36 27 4C 2A 4C 20 23 00 00 00 00 12 21
40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
60 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
70 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Monitoring
--------------------

Sensor Chip SMSC 7803

PCI Device List
--------------------

Host Bridge
bus 0 (0x00), device 0 (0x00), function 0 (0x00)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1002
Model ID 0x5A33
Revision ID 0x01
PI 0x00
SubClass 0x00
BaseClass 0x06
Cache Line 0x00
Latency 0x40
Header 0x00
PCI header
Subvendor ID 0x8086
Subsystem ID 0xD601
Int. Line 0x00
Int. Pin 0x00
Dump
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
00 02 10 33 5A 06 00 20 22 01 00 00 06 00 40 00 00
10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 86 80 01 D6
30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
40 09 02 11 60 58 50 45 05 00 00 00 00 40 70 04 00
50 86 80 01 D6 00 23 00 40 00 10 11 11 11 11 33 33
60 80 00 00 00 8F 07 00 00 00 1A 07 00 63 01 0B A5
70 00 01 20 20 84 84 84 84 84 D0 00 18 85 43 32 18
80 00 00 00 00 94 14 00 00 30 00 20 00 12 21 00 C0
90 00 00 00 58 69 D2 A4 01 00 00 0F 01 C3 8E 00 18
A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
D0 2B FF 0F 00 2B FF 4F 00 4A 06 B0 30 C0 02 B0 19
E0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 1D 00 00 00 61 73 03 1F
F0 1F 00 09 00 00 80 80 00 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

PCI to PCI Bridge
bus 0 (0x00), device 1 (0x01), function 0 (0x00)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1002
Model ID 0x5A3F
Revision ID 0x00
PI 0x00
SubClass 0x04
BaseClass 0x06
Cache Line 0x00
Latency 0x40
Header 0x01
PCI header
Primary bus 0x00
Secondary bus 0x01
Int. Line 0xFF
Int. Pin 0x00
Capabilities
Subsystem Vendor Capability
Offset B0h
Subsystem ID 0x5A3F
Sub. Vendor ID 0x1002
Dump
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
00 02 10 3F 5A 07 00 30 02 00 00 04 06 00 40 01 00
10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 01 00 21 21 20 22
20 10 80 10 80 00 60 F0 7F 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
30 00 00 00 00 B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 FF 00 08 00
40 00 00 00 C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 10 3F 5A
50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
60 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
70 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
90 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
B0 0D 00 00 00 02 10 3F 5A 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
E0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

IDE Controller
bus 0 (0x00), device 17 (0x11), function 0 (0x00)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1002
Model ID 0x437A
Revision ID 0x80
PI 0x8F
SubClass 0x01
BaseClass 0x01
Cache Line 0x10
Latency 0x40
Header 0x00
PCI header
Address 0 (port) 0x00003068
Address 1 (port) 0x00003084
Address 2 (port) 0x00003060
Address 3 (port) 0x00003080
Address 4 (port) 0x00003030
Address 5 (memory) 0x80207600
Subvendor ID 0x8086
Subsystem ID 0xD601
Int. Line 0x17
Int. Pin 0x01
Capabilities
Power Management Capability
Offset 60h
Version 1.1
Message Signalled Interrupts Capability
Offset 50h
Dump
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
00 02 10 7A 43 07 00 B0 02 80 8F 01 01 10 40 00 00
10 69 30 00 00 85 30 00 00 61 30 00 00 81 30 00 00
20 31 30 00 00 00 76 20 80 00 00 00 00 86 80 01 D6
30 00 00 00 00 60 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 17 01 00 00
40 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
50 05 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0E 3F 00 00
60 01 50 22 06 00 40 00 64 02 10 00 00 00 00 00 00
70 08 00 60 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 60 00 00 00 00 00
80 22 00 00 00 22 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 80 00 00 80
90 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
A0 01 01 15 65 DD 62 DD 62 92 43 92 43 09 40 09 40
B0 01 01 15 65 DD 62 DD 62 92 43 92 43 09 40 09 40
C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
E0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

IDE Controller
bus 0 (0x00), device 18 (0x12), function 0 (0x00)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1002
Model ID 0x4379
Revision ID 0x80
PI 0x8F
SubClass 0x01
BaseClass 0x01
Cache Line 0x10
Latency 0x40
Header 0x00
PCI header
Address 0 (port) 0x00003058
Address 1 (port) 0x0000307C
Address 2 (port) 0x00003050
Address 3 (port) 0x00003078
Address 4 (port) 0x00003020
Address 5 (memory) 0x80207400
Subvendor ID 0x8086
Subsystem ID 0xD601
Int. Line 0x16
Int. Pin 0x01
Capabilities
Power Management Capability
Offset 60h
Version 1.1
Message Signalled Interrupts Capability
Offset 50h
Dump
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
00 02 10 79 43 07 00 B0 02 80 8F 01 01 10 40 00 00
10 59 30 00 00 7D 30 00 00 51 30 00 00 79 30 00 00
20 21 30 00 00 00 74 20 80 00 00 00 00 86 80 01 D6
30 00 00 00 00 60 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 16 01 00 00
40 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
50 05 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0E C0 00 00
60 01 50 22 06 00 40 00 64 02 10 00 00 00 00 00 00
70 08 00 60 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 60 00 00 00 00 00
80 22 00 00 00 22 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 20 A4 11 FB
90 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
A0 01 01 15 65 DD 62 DD 62 92 43 92 43 09 40 09 40
B0 01 01 15 65 DD 62 DD 62 92 43 92 43 09 40 09 40
C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
E0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

USB Controller (OHCI)
bus 0 (0x00), device 19 (0x13), function 0 (0x00)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1002
Model ID 0x4374
Revision ID 0x80
PI 0x10
SubClass 0x03
BaseClass 0x0C
Cache Line 0x10
Latency 0x40
Header 0x80
PCI header
Address 0 (memory) 0xFEBFE000
Subvendor ID 0x8086
Subsystem ID 0xD601
Int. Line 0x13
Int. Pin 0x01
Dump
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
00 02 10 74 43 07 00 A0 02 80 10 03 0C 10 40 80 00
10 00 E0 BF FE 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 86 80 01 D6
30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 13 01 00 00
40 80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 00
50 40 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
60 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
70 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
90 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
E0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

USB Controller (OHCI)
bus 0 (0x00), device 19 (0x13), function 1 (0x01)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1002
Model ID 0x4375
Revision ID 0x80
PI 0x10
SubClass 0x03
BaseClass 0x0C
Cache Line 0x10
Latency 0x40
Header 0x00
PCI header
Address 0 (memory) 0xFEBFD000
Subvendor ID 0x8086
Subsystem ID 0xD601
Int. Line 0x13
Int. Pin 0x01
Dump
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
00 02 10 75 43 07 00 A0 02 80 10 03 0C 10 40 00 00
10 00 D0 BF FE 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 86 80 01 D6
30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 13 01 00 00
40 80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 00
50 40 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
60 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
70 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
90 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
E0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

USB 2.0 Controller (EHCI)
bus 0 (0x00), device 19 (0x13), function 2 (0x02)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1002
Model ID 0x4373
Revision ID 0x80
PI 0x20
SubClass 0x03
BaseClass 0x0C
Cache Line 0x10
Latency 0x40
Header 0x00
PCI header
Address 0 (memory) 0xFEBFC000
Subvendor ID 0x8086
Subsystem ID 0xD601
Int. Line 0x13
Int. Pin 0x01
Capabilities
Power Management Capability
Offset DCh
Version 1.1
Dump
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
00 02 10 73 43 07 00 B0 02 80 20 03 0C 10 40 00 00
10 00 C0 BF FE 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 86 80 01 D6
30 00 00 00 00 DC 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 13 01 00 00
40 80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 00
50 40 28 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
60 20 20 00 00 00 20 00 00 00 20 00 00 00 20 00 00
70 00 20 00 00 00 20 00 00 00 20 00 00 00 20 00 00
80 00 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
90 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
A0 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 02 7E
E0 00 00 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

SMBus Controller
bus 0 (0x00), device 20 (0x14), function 0 (0x00)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1002
Model ID 0x4372
Revision ID 0x81
PI 0x00
SubClass 0x05
BaseClass 0x0C
Cache Line 0x00
Latency 0x00
Header 0x80
PCI header
Address 0 (port) 0x00003010
Address 1 (memory) 0x80207000
Subvendor ID 0x8086
Subsystem ID 0xD601
Int. Line 0x00
Int. Pin 0x00
Dump
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
00 02 10 72 43 03 00 20 02 81 00 05 0C 00 00 80 00
10 11 30 00 00 00 70 20 80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 86 80 01 D6
30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
40 D4 3B 00 00 00 00 00 00 0F FF 00 00 00 00 00 00
50 FF 03 00 00 FF 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
60 01 00 03 00 BF 3B DE 8F 00 90 00 00 20 00 00 00
70 00 00 00 00 08 00 C0 FE FF 6F 00 00 00 00 00 00
80 8F 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 50 09
90 11 30 00 00 F8 CE FF 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
A0 00 00 FF FF FF FF 00 00 20 1F 3F 00 D0 7B 00 F9
B0 05 00 02 A8 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 F0 0F 13 01
C0 7D DB B6 2D 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
D0 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
E0 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
F0 D8 0C 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 95 00 10 10

IDE Controller
bus 0 (0x00), device 20 (0x14), function 1 (0x01)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1002
Model ID 0x4376
Revision ID 0x80
PI 0x8A
SubClass 0x01
BaseClass 0x01
Cache Line 0x00
Latency 0x40
Header 0x00
PCI header
Address 4 (port) 0x00003000
Subvendor ID 0x8086
Subsystem ID 0xD601
Int. Line 0xFF
Int. Pin 0x01
Capabilities
Message Signalled Interrupts Capability
Offset 70h
Dump
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
00 02 10 76 43 15 00 30 02 80 8A 01 01 00 40 00 00
10 01 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 01 00 00 00
20 01 30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 86 80 01 D6
30 00 00 00 00 70 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 FF 01 00 00
40 20 20 99 20 FF FF FF FF 00 00 44 04 00 00 00 00
50 00 00 00 00 07 00 55 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
60 00 00 40 01 10 2C 46 18 01 00 00 00 FF 03 00 00
70 05 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
90 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
E0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Multimedia device
bus 0 (0x00), device 20 (0x14), function 2 (0x02)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1002
Model ID 0x437B
Revision ID 0x01
PI 0x00
SubClass 0x03
BaseClass 0x04
Cache Line 0x08
Latency 0x40
Header 0x00
PCI header
Address 0 (memory) 0x80200000
Subvendor ID 0x8086
Subsystem ID 0xD601
Int. Line 0x10
Int. Pin 0x01
Capabilities
Power Management Capability
Offset 50h
Version 1.1
Message Signalled Interrupts Capability
Offset 60h
Dump
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
00 02 10 7B 43 06 00 10 04 01 00 03 04 08 40 00 00
10 04 00 20 80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 86 80 01 D6
30 00 00 00 00 50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 01 00 00
40 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
50 01 60 42 C8 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
60 05 00 80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
70 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
90 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
E0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

PCI to ISA Bridge
bus 0 (0x00), device 20 (0x14), function 3 (0x03)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1002
Model ID 0x4377
Revision ID 0x80
PI 0x00
SubClass 0x01
BaseClass 0x06
Cache Line 0x00
Latency 0x00
Header 0x80
PCI header
Subvendor ID 0x8086
Subsystem ID 0xD601
Int. Line 0x00
Int. Pin 0x00
Dump
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
00 02 10 77 43 0F 00 20 02 80 00 01 06 00 00 80 00
10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 86 80 01 D6
30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
40 04 00 00 00 FF FF FF FF 87 FF 00 00 00 00 00 00
50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
60 00 00 00 00 80 06 00 00 0E 00 0F 00 B8 FF FF FF
70 67 45 23 01 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
80 08 00 03 A8 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
90 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
E0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

PCI to PCI Bridge
bus 0 (0x00), device 20 (0x14), function 4 (0x04)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1002
Model ID 0x4371
Revision ID 0x80
PI 0x01
SubClass 0x04
BaseClass 0x06
Cache Line 0x00
Latency 0x40
Header 0x81
PCI header
Primary bus 0x00
Secondary bus 0x02
Int. Line 0x00
Int. Pin 0x00
Dump
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
00 02 10 71 43 07 00 A0 02 80 01 04 06 00 40 81 00
10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 02 40 11 11 80 22
20 00 80 00 80 F0 FF 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 00
40 26 00 3C FF 00 00 00 00 04 01 3F F1 00 00 00 00
50 01 00 00 00 08 00 03 A8 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
60 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
70 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
90 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 02 06
E0 00 00 80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

VGA Controller
bus 1 (0x01), device 5 (0x05), function 0 (0x00)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x1002
Model ID 0x5A61
Revision ID 0x00
PI 0x00
SubClass 0x00
BaseClass 0x03
Cache Line 0x10
Latency 0xFF
Header 0x00
PCI header
Address 0 (memory) 0x60000000
Address 1 (port) 0x00002000
Address 2 (memory) 0x80100000
Subvendor ID 0x8086
Subsystem ID 0xD601
Int. Line 0x11
Int. Pin 0x01
Capabilities
Power Management Capability
Offset 50h
Version 1.1
Message Signalled Interrupts Capability
Offset 80h
Dump
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
00 02 10 61 5A 07 00 B0 02 00 00 00 03 10 FF 00 00
10 08 00 00 60 01 20 00 00 00 00 10 80 00 00 00 00
20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 86 80 01 D6
30 00 00 FE FF 50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 01 08 00
40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 86 80 01 D6
50 01 80 02 06 00 00 00 00 02 50 30 00 38 1E 00 FF
60 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
70 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
80 05 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
90 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
E0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Ethernet Controller
bus 2 (0x02), device 2 (0x02), function 0 (0x00)
Common header
Vendor ID 0x10EC
Model ID 0x8139
Revision ID 0x10
PI 0x00
SubClass 0x00
BaseClass 0x02
Cache Line 0x00
Latency 0x40
Header 0x00
PCI header
Address 0 (port) 0x00001000
Address 1 (memory) 0x80000000
Subvendor ID 0x8086
Subsystem ID 0xD601
Int. Line 0x15
Int. Pin 0x01
Capabilities
Power Management Capability
Offset 50h
Version 1.1
Dump
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
00 EC 10 39 81 05 00 90 02 10 00 00 02 00 40 00 00
10 01 10 00 00 00 00 00 80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 86 80 01 D6
30 00 00 00 00 50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 15 01 20 40
40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
50 01 00 C2 F7 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
60 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
70 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
90 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
E0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

DMI
--------------------

DMI Processor
-------------
manufacturer Intel(R) Corporation
model Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz
clock speed 3000.0MHz
FSB speed 200.0MHz
multiplier 15.0x

DMI BIOS
--------
vendor Intel Corp.
version GC11020M.86A.1087.2007.0130.1451
date 01/30/2007

DMI System Information
----------------------
manufacturer Gateway
product T5082
version unknown
serial unknown
UUID ABFD4520-8F6611DB-936F0013-D45A015A

DMI Baseboard
-------------
vendor Intel Corporation
model D102GGC2
revision AAD70214-201
serial BTGC65001JKD

DMI System Enclosure
--------------------
manufacturer unknown
chassis type Desktop
chassis serial unknown

DMI Port Connector
------------------
designation PRIMARY (internal)
connector On Board IDE

DMI Port Connector
------------------
designation SECONDARY (internal)
connector On Board IDE

DMI Port Connector
------------------
designation ATX_PWR (internal)

DMI Extension Slot
------------------
designation PCIE X16 SLOT
type A5
populated no

DMI Extension Slot
------------------
designation PCIE X1 SLOT 1
type A5
populated no

DMI Extension Slot
------------------
designation PCI SLOT 1
type PCI
width 32 bits
populated no

DMI Extension Slot
------------------
designation PCI SLOT 2
type PCI
width 32 bits
populated no

DMI Physical Memory Array
-------------------------
location Motherboard
usage System Memory
correction None
max capacity 1536MBytes
max# of devices 2

DMI Memory Device
-----------------
designation DIMM2
format DIMM
type unknown
total width 64bits
data width 64bits
size 512MBytes

DMI Memory Device
-----------------
designation DIMM3
format DIMM
type unknown
total width 64bits
data width 64bits
size 1024MBytes

Software
--------------------

Windows Version Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
DirectX Version 9.0c

Resources
--------------------

Port I/O Space, BA=0xCF8, size=0x8
Port I/O Space, BA=0x3068
Port I/O Space, BA=0x3084
Port I/O Space, BA=0x3060
Port I/O Space, BA=0x3080
Port I/O Space, BA=0x3030
Memory I/O Space, BA=0x80207600
Port I/O Space, BA=0x3058
Port I/O Space, BA=0x307C
Port I/O Space, BA=0x3050
Port I/O Space, BA=0x3078
Port I/O Space, BA=0x3020
Memory I/O Space, BA=0x80207400
Memory I/O Space, BA=0xFEBFE000
Memory I/O Space, BA=0xFEBFD000
Memory I/O Space, BA=0xFEBFC000
Port I/O Space, BA=0x3010
Memory I/O Space, BA=0x80207000
Port I/O Space, BA=0x3000
Memory I/O Space, BA=0x80200000
Memory I/O Space, BA=0x60000000
Port I/O Space, BA=0x2000
Memory I/O Space, BA=0x80100000
Port I/O Space, BA=0x1000
Memory I/O Space, BA=0x80000000
Port I/O Space, BA=0x408, size=0x4
Memory I/O Space, BA=0xFEE00000, size=0x1000

Windows XP Pro SP2
Intel P4 3.00GHz
512Mb Ram
128Mb ATI Radeon X200

You stated your 1GB PNY DDR2 stick is rated as DDR2-533 (PC2 4200) but CPU-Z interestingly reveals both memory as a 512MB DDR2-533 (PC2-4200) & a 1GB DDR2-667 (PC2-5300) rated modules. But both seem running at 266.5 MHz - obviously because of the 512MB stick being DDR2-533.

Your motherboard is made by Intel but its BIOS has most likely been crippled since you have an eMachine. However, you can go in there & snoop around to see if there is a possibility to adjust the memory settings (but don't count on it). And if you do have the capability to do that - set the memory frequency to 200MHz & the timings to 3-3-3-9 @ 1T. This should allow your CPU & RAM to run synchronously for optimal performance.

Good luck!

Yes i can adjust the memory settings. First i go to the BIOS, then i go to the tab Advanced then i go down to the chipset configuration and then memory configuration. I don't know how i can set the memory frequency to 200MHz, there is only an option of: 400, 533, and 667MHz.

Here how about i give you a layout of the Memory configuration menu: (With Both Sticks In)

----------------

Memory Control - <Automatic>
<Manual - Agressive>
<Manual - User Defined>

Memory Frequency - <400 MHz>
<533 MHz>
<667 MHz>

Memory tRCD - <2><3><4><5>

Memory tRP - <2><3><4><5>

Memory tRASMIN - [4-15]

Total Memory - 1536 MB
Memory Mode - Single Channel

512 MB (DDR2 533) SPD:5-4-4-12
1024 MB (DDR2 667) SPD:5-5-5-15

----------------

Theres the menu with all the available options.

Windows XP Pro SP2
Intel P4 3.00GHz
512Mb Ram
128Mb ATI Radeon X200

My suggestion from earlier pertains to the CAS, tRCD, tRP, tRAS, tRC & Command Rate settings. Using your illustration from above, I suggest adjusting the settings like below.

Memory Control → Manual → User Defined

Memory Frequency → 400 MHz

Memory CAS → 3

Memory tRCD → 3

Memory tRP → 3

Memory tRASMIN → 9

Memory tRC → 12 .... this is from combining tRP with tRASMIN so if you do not specifically have this setting - it's no big deal.

Command Rate → 1T

Also do you have a setting to switch between single & dual channeling? I notice the memory mode is currently on single channeling. If you can, do set it to dual channel mode.

Thanks a Bunch Sabertooth. No there is no setting to switch between single & dual channeling. What is Command Rate → 1T and Memory CAS? That doesn't show in my BIOS

Windows XP Pro SP2
Intel P4 3.00GHz
512Mb Ram
128Mb ATI Radeon X200

Sabertooth, ever since i adjusted the ram, i run a memtest scan i get no errors. But when i run it, i get like staticy interruption into my monitor, something like that. I also get it randomly out of nowhere. Any idea on this?

Windows XP Pro SP2
Intel P4 3.00GHz
512Mb Ram
128Mb ATI Radeon X200

A Guide to Memory Timing.

I downloaded your motherboard's manual from Intel's website & they seem to be sorta frugal with the BIOS information for the motherboard. Anyhow, if you do not have those settings I guess there's not so much you can do about that :-(

As far as the "staticky" memtest anomaly goes, I wouldn't worry about that too much either. Insofar as you are no longer getting the installation errors that you initially complained about - I'd say let things be.

Do you think the staticky things will damage anything? Like the monitor or other hardware? Well thanks a lot Sabertooth. You've helped me the most out of everyone else i've tried asking. Thanks again.

Windows XP Pro SP2
Intel P4 3.00GHz
512Mb Ram
128Mb ATI Radeon X200

I doubt it, although I'm not quite sure your description of the "staticky" things is enough to understand the anomaly ;-)