I just assembled a pc today (AMD Phenom II quad core, Gigabyte GA-M68M2-S2P, 2GB DDR-3, LG dvd writer, 500GB HDD). When I inserted Win 7 DVD and boot the system, it first showed "boot fron cd/dvd but a few seconds later there was a message on the screen with some Code 5 error. but when I booted it with Win XP, it worked fine. But I want to install win 7. Please suggest me some good solution.
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Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
CPU Type: AMD Phenom II Triple-Core P820 1.8G
Why would you want to "downgrade" from the high-performance 64-bit version of Windows 7 to Windows XP?
XP probably won't support the "triple-core" processor, nor the sound-card, nor the video-card, nor the USB ports. This would leave you with a very CRIPPLED computer.
I searched the internet and also from my experience can tell that this system is quite good. This system has all what is required by the latest gaming titles to run flawlessly.
If I would be pinpointing small issues then only would find that the
hard drive needs to be at least 1 terabyte nothing else to complain.
In my opinion its quite a 'heavy' system and will sure give you an edge in modern multiplayer gaming over the internet where performance is the key to success.
Just a reminder that you should use 64 bit version of Windows on this system as a 32 bit system will not be able to use the 4GB RAM. A 64 bit system will better use the resources and you can upgrade to a higher amount if needed.
If you install a 32 bit OS it will show the total RAM as 2.5 GB and rest will be wasted. Windows 7 64 bit will be the best choice as it supports multithread, multicore CPUs and advanced graphics with DirectX 10/11.
In short I can say that this system is very much adequate for todays software/games and possibly future proof upto two years for extreme gaming. Also you can move to a better graphics card and more RAM when required. And be sure to use a adequately rated UPS/surge protector.
Your MB is AM3 with 128MB DDR3-1333 built-in, four 1.8 Volt DDR2-1200+ depending on cpu. Have you enabled cpu 64 bit extensions? Tried slowing down your memory bus?
My ASUS use dual channel for dual core cpu. I have 2 yellow and 2 black dimm sockets. Both dimms in yellow is single channel, one in yellow and one in black is dual channel. Might try 2,1,2,1 rather than 2,2,1,1 order. If only your 2 1GB dimms are seen then why do you get 4 GB from 1GB+1GB? Sounds like sockets 1,2 are giving you 4GB and 3,4 don't work? Are the 1GB+1GB in 3,4 visible if the dimms in 1,2 are removed? Per Gigabyte page your AMD Phenom II 920 is AM2+ : "Note: Due to AMD AM2+ CPU limitation, memory module DDR2 1066 or above speed is only supported by 1 dimm per channel." Per AMD (which does not show your cpu, AM3 cpu fit AM3 or AM2+ socket and support ddr2 and ddr3, AM2+ cpu only work in AM2+ socket and support ddr2 only.
Yes, that Gigabyte motherboard does support the Phenom II X4, for additional CPUs it supports check out the following website on the specifications tab:
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