P4 Boot Problems-No beeps unless RDRAM removed

[typayne]

Intel d850gb motherboard 423pin p41.7ghz. New system build. antec 400w p4 power. On 1st power up got green light on motherboard. got NO beeps and nothing on monitor. Monitor and video card all work fine with another system. Removed everything but ram (corsair 1pair of 128mb rdram pc800 giving 256mb, crimms in free slots), still got no beeps. I then removed the ram and the crimm's(space fillers in the free ramslots), and got 3 beeps meaning first 64k ram failure. DOES THIS MEAN MY RAM MODULES ARE BAD OR DOES THIS MEAN IT STILL COULD BE A BAD MOTHERBOARD OR CPU?? I have no way to test the ram motherboard or CPU other than this. THANKS

[PostCode]

As I understand it, these RIMM's have to installed in every other socket, while empty sockets be filled with terminators. Ensure the if you have two RIMM's, then theya re goin into 1 and 3 a dn that 2 and 4 are filled with terminators. Hope this helps.

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[typayne]

That is not correct. RIMMS are installed in pairs. Bank 0 on the d850gb is nearest the processor. The two slots there must be filled first, then the 2 in Bank 1. If Bank 1 is not used for RIMMS (RDRAM), it's two slots are filled with special spacers. 2 of these spacers came with the motherboard.

I have removed the P4 chip and it has no cracks obvious to slight magnifacation.

Does this mean that my problem is the RDRAM or the motherboard or is it for sure just the RDRAM