memmory problem?
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From: Newcastle/UK
memmory problem?
Having a few probs with a couple of memory sticks,
I had two sticks both 133, one 256 meg one 128 meg, I was getting a lot of random error messages so I removed the 256 meg stick and everything was fine, I assumed the stick was up the swany.
I just swopped a mate a motherboard for a brand new 256meg stick of 133 ram, and I am getting exactly the same problems,.
I thought on modern motherbaoards 128 and 256 sticks could be installed together, am I wrong?
Anybody got any idea's
I had two sticks both 133, one 256 meg one 128 meg, I was getting a lot of random error messages so I removed the 256 meg stick and everything was fine, I assumed the stick was up the swany.
I just swopped a mate a motherboard for a brand new 256meg stick of 133 ram, and I am getting exactly the same problems,.
I thought on modern motherbaoards 128 and 256 sticks could be installed together, am I wrong?
Anybody got any idea's
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Joined: May 2001
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From: Newcastle/UK
Not sure they have a profusion of numbers on the chips(very hard to read )but no specific info on type that I can see, each stick works fine by itself, just combined ie the 256 and 128 gives problems.
Mother board is a Space walker Shuttle, a very good board I'm told, I have also flashed the bios to take this AMD PX 1.5
Running the FSB AT 133mgz.
Mother board is a Space walker Shuttle, a very good board I'm told, I have also flashed the bios to take this AMD PX 1.5
Running the FSB AT 133mgz.
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From: New Zealand
Hi Tony,
If both sticks are running OK on their own you have a memory refresh problem due to the mismatch.
Go into your BIOS startup screen and select a lower memory refresh rate. I don't know your Mboard, but you will either have options like "refresh = NORMAL / FAST / SLOWER" or CAS = 2/3. Go down to Slower or CAS = 3 . This should fix it.
If not get hold of a memory tester and run that. Lots of free ones on the web, seek and yea shall find.
Hope this helps
MG
If both sticks are running OK on their own you have a memory refresh problem due to the mismatch.
Go into your BIOS startup screen and select a lower memory refresh rate. I don't know your Mboard, but you will either have options like "refresh = NORMAL / FAST / SLOWER" or CAS = 2/3. Go down to Slower or CAS = 3 . This should fix it.
If not get hold of a memory tester and run that. Lots of free ones on the web, seek and yea shall find.
Hope this helps
MG
