HDD activity

Hi Folks,

I just did a clean install of VHP on the following new system:

MB: ECS NFORCE4M-A
CPU: Athlon 64 X2 3800+
MEM: (2) SpecTek 1GB PC5300 DDR2 667Mhz
HDDs: Two WD2500JS SATA

I have the memory sticks installed in the A1 & B1 slots, which are the
orange slots, The A2 & B2 purple slots are empty. During bootup the
screen displays: CPU0 Memory Information: Dual Channel, 128-bit.
Does this sound like I got the memory right?

When the computer is sitting idle, the HDD activity light flashes
about once per second. Is this normal behavior, or might it indicate
some type of problem?

Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks.

Ken

Memory sounds normal. The dual channel is the important part.

The drive Activity is most likely Windows Superfetch and Search indexers
scouring your hard drive and indexing all the files for quicker searches


"kjk" <kjk@usa.com> wrote in message
news:bd5ss2pt8f5ecrnt1ur9ktdpunv884dffj@4ax.com...
> Hi Folks,
>
> I just did a clean install of VHP on the following new system:
>
> MB: ECS NFORCE4M-A
> CPU: Athlon 64 X2 3800+
> MEM: (2) SpecTek 1GB PC5300 DDR2 667Mhz
> HDDs: Two WD2500JS SATA
>
> I have the memory sticks installed in the A1 & B1 slots, which are the
> orange slots, The A2 & B2 purple slots are empty. During bootup the
> screen displays: CPU0 Memory Information: Dual Channel, 128-bit.
> Does this sound like I got the memory right?
>
> When the computer is sitting idle, the HDD activity light flashes
> about once per second. Is this normal behavior, or might it indicate
> some type of problem?
>
> Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks.
>
> Ken
>

No smoke pouring out the back.........you're fine.......enjoy it.....

Bob S.


"kjk" <kjk@usa.com> wrote in message
news:bd5ss2pt8f5ecrnt1ur9ktdpunv884dffj@4ax.com...
> Hi Folks,
>
> I just did a clean install of VHP on the following new system:
>
> MB: ECS NFORCE4M-A
> CPU: Athlon 64 X2 3800+
> MEM: (2) SpecTek 1GB PC5300 DDR2 667Mhz
> HDDs: Two WD2500JS SATA
>
> I have the memory sticks installed in the A1 & B1 slots, which are the
> orange slots, The A2 & B2 purple slots are empty. During bootup the
> screen displays: CPU0 Memory Information: Dual Channel, 128-bit.
> Does this sound like I got the memory right?
>
> When the computer is sitting idle, the HDD activity light flashes
> about once per second. Is this normal behavior, or might it indicate
> some type of problem?
>
> Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks.
>
> Ken
>

You think that you're kidding, but that did happen to me once. The
jerk that assembled it left some power cables hanging loose in the
case instead of bundling them up, and one just happened to land face
down on a pointy solder point on the motherboard. When I started it
up, that's exactly what it did.

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On Sat, 10 Feb 2007 17:05:35 -0500, "BobS" <no-spam@noplace.com>
wrote:

>No smoke pouring out the back.........you're fine.......enjoy it.....
>
>Bob S.
>
>
>"kjk" <kjk@usa.com> wrote in message
>news:bd5ss2pt8f5ecrnt1ur9ktdpunv884dffj@4ax.com.. .
>> Hi Folks,
>>
>> I just did a clean install of VHP on the following new system:
>>
>> MB: ECS NFORCE4M-A
>> CPU: Athlon 64 X2 3800+
>> MEM: (2) SpecTek 1GB PC5300 DDR2 667Mhz
>> HDDs: Two WD2500JS SATA
>>
>> I have the memory sticks installed in the A1 & B1 slots, which are the
>> orange slots, The A2 & B2 purple slots are empty. During bootup the
>> screen displays: CPU0 Memory Information: Dual Channel, 128-bit.
>> Does this sound like I got the memory right?
>>
>> When the computer is sitting idle, the HDD activity light flashes
>> about once per second. Is this normal behavior, or might it indicate
>> some type of problem?
>>
>> Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks.
>>
>> Ken
>>
>

mine does the same

--
KY
www.posernation.com


"kjk" <kjk@usa.com> wrote in message
news:bd5ss2pt8f5ecrnt1ur9ktdpunv884dffj@4ax.com...
> Hi Folks,
>
> I just did a clean install of VHP on the following new system:
>
> MB: ECS NFORCE4M-A
> CPU: Athlon 64 X2 3800+
> MEM: (2) SpecTek 1GB PC5300 DDR2 667Mhz
> HDDs: Two WD2500JS SATA
>
> I have the memory sticks installed in the A1 & B1 slots, which are the
> orange slots, The A2 & B2 purple slots are empty. During bootup the
> screen displays: CPU0 Memory Information: Dual Channel, 128-bit.
> Does this sound like I got the memory right?
>
> When the computer is sitting idle, the HDD activity light flashes
> about once per second. Is this normal behavior, or might it indicate
> some type of problem?
>
> Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks.
>
> Ken
>