Sandra Tests - Warnings ? results here

[Beth20]

Hey all,

here are what look like the most pertinent
warnings after running sandra.

( some benchmarks crashed it ) This is my
ht 3.2 laptop I'm having so much trouble with.
800 fsb.

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Warning 2533 : Disabled host controllers are present. Check BIOS settings.


Warning 2507 : Mainboard has too few memory slots. Upgrading the memory may be difficult or expensive.

Warning 2508 : All memory slots are full. Upgrading the memory may be difficult or expensive.

Warning 100 : Large memory sizes should be made of Registered/Buffered memory.


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Warning W2533 - The system has host controllers that have not been enabled by the BIOS/OS.


The BIOS does not support the Enhanced Disk Drive Specification. You may not be able to use the latest disk drives and technologies (e.g. 4-8GB and larger).
Fix: Try to upgrade (flash) the BIOS if possible. Check whether a BIOS update is available from your main board/PC manufacturer.

Warning 1206 - Device latency is high - the higher the latency, the more data a device can transfer in one go. The device may be hogging the bus for too long.

Warning W3101 - Power management is enabled. For desktops this is best to be disabled. If it is enabled, it may cause the drive to go into a low power/performance state or turn off.




Notice N5406 - System bandwidth appears to be memory limited. Generally this means that memory bandwidth is < 50% FSB bandwidth, thus CPU is starved. This generally indicates a mismatch between memory and system. Note that this does not indicate that memory timings are wrong, but the memory itself is slow.


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NOTE comments"

The bios on this is pretty simple. I don't
see any host controllers in there. I dont see
any latency settings either.

thanks alot,

Beth

 

[bcastner]

It would like you to have more RAM of higher speed. Other than the checking for a BIOS update on general principles I see nothing you need to change.

 

[linney]

"( some benchmarks crashed it ) This is my
ht 3.2 laptop I'm having so much trouble with.
800 fsb."


It might be worth a visit to the Hardware forum with your results.

 

[Beth20]

Thanks guys,
I just moved it to hardware forum.

I was hoping the sandra would point out the
problem with the system.

that 1 gig of ram is factory installed ( why
they would skimp I dont know )

and the ram has passed 8 hour remtest
and microsoft test.

Beth