Help with XP-M and NF7-S
Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 3:49 am
Hi,
I've been lurking here for a while getting ideas for a PC based PVR. These forums have been invaluable!
I decided on the Athlon XP-Mobile 2500+ with the ABit NF7-S (2.0) motherboard however I'm having problems installing XP. I get this error: "File setupdd.sys could not be loaded. The error code is 4." From looking at microsoft's support site this suggests a memory/hardware problem (rather than scratched CD).
I'm using one DIMM of DDR memory (Corsair Value Select 512MB 400MHz C3).
In the BIOS I have the following settings:
External Clock: 133MHz
Multiplier Factor: x14.0 (giving 1866MHz CPU)
AGP Freq: 66 MHz
CPU FSB/DRAM ratio: By SPD (results in 400MHz to DRAM)
CPU Interface: Disabled
CPU Core Voltage: 1.575v
DDR SDRAM Voltage: 2.7v
Chipset Voltage: 1.6v
AGP Voltage: 1.5v
The memory timings I'm using are:
Row-active delay: 8
RAS-to-CAS delay: 3
Row-precharge delay: 3
CAS Latency Time: 3.0
The temps in the BIOS are:
CPU: 31C
System: 15C
(Modified Zalman 7000Cu)
Do I have something misconfigured or could I have a bad DIMM? Unfortunately I don't have a 2nd DIMM I can try, or a 2nd DDR motherboard to try this one in.
Any help much appreciated.
I've been lurking here for a while getting ideas for a PC based PVR. These forums have been invaluable!
I decided on the Athlon XP-Mobile 2500+ with the ABit NF7-S (2.0) motherboard however I'm having problems installing XP. I get this error: "File setupdd.sys could not be loaded. The error code is 4." From looking at microsoft's support site this suggests a memory/hardware problem (rather than scratched CD).
I'm using one DIMM of DDR memory (Corsair Value Select 512MB 400MHz C3).
In the BIOS I have the following settings:
External Clock: 133MHz
Multiplier Factor: x14.0 (giving 1866MHz CPU)
AGP Freq: 66 MHz
CPU FSB/DRAM ratio: By SPD (results in 400MHz to DRAM)
CPU Interface: Disabled
CPU Core Voltage: 1.575v
DDR SDRAM Voltage: 2.7v
Chipset Voltage: 1.6v
AGP Voltage: 1.5v
The memory timings I'm using are:
Row-active delay: 8
RAS-to-CAS delay: 3
Row-precharge delay: 3
CAS Latency Time: 3.0
The temps in the BIOS are:
CPU: 31C
System: 15C
(Modified Zalman 7000Cu)
Do I have something misconfigured or could I have a bad DIMM? Unfortunately I don't have a 2nd DIMM I can try, or a 2nd DDR motherboard to try this one in.
Any help much appreciated.