Hi everyone. I really need some help.
I put together my own P4 system without any experience. I ended up buying a stick of ddr400 (512). I got this because the motherboard that came with the barebones pack I purchased earlier said it supported ddr400. This barebones pack also came with a celeron 2.4 400FSB.
It sort of works, with random multiple blue screen errors, mostly relating to BIOS. This is mostly when playing video games.
I found out my motherboard (Matsonic MS9337C) is not supported by Windows XP. I looked for a suitable replacement motherboard but could not find one that supports AGPX8(my video card), DDR400, and 400 mhz FSB. I'm starting to think that a 400FSB and DDR400 won't go together or something.
I cant afford to spend $300+ for the chip/motherboard combo I would need to be kosher right now. I'm wondering: if I get a motherboard that supports both 400MhzFSB and Win XP, could I underclock the DDR or something? Would an old motherboard(400FSB), just work with my memory?
I've already tried to figure this out myself for a while (months), but I could really use advice on where to start.
Thanks for reading..
jake
I put together my own P4 system without any experience. I ended up buying a stick of ddr400 (512). I got this because the motherboard that came with the barebones pack I purchased earlier said it supported ddr400. This barebones pack also came with a celeron 2.4 400FSB.
It sort of works, with random multiple blue screen errors, mostly relating to BIOS. This is mostly when playing video games.
I found out my motherboard (Matsonic MS9337C) is not supported by Windows XP. I looked for a suitable replacement motherboard but could not find one that supports AGPX8(my video card), DDR400, and 400 mhz FSB. I'm starting to think that a 400FSB and DDR400 won't go together or something.
I cant afford to spend $300+ for the chip/motherboard combo I would need to be kosher right now. I'm wondering: if I get a motherboard that supports both 400MhzFSB and Win XP, could I underclock the DDR or something? Would an old motherboard(400FSB), just work with my memory?
I've already tried to figure this out myself for a while (months), but I could really use advice on where to start.
Thanks for reading..
jake