PC wont read RAM.
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Posted by greg77 via HWKB.com on September 27, 2006, 11:16 pm
Please log in for more thread options and for some reason the PC wont except the sticks, it makes a series of beeps when I turn the power on and then just doesn't boot up, they are the same as the original sticks as far as being PC133 168pin DIMM except they are 256 instead of 64 and 128. I recently put in two 128 sticks and they went in fine. I'm not to savvy about the inner working of a PC and how things interface with each other, Physically I know where things are and how they go together. I wondered if maybe because it's an old PC that it just doesn't read the 256 sticks because they are new. The 128 sticks I put in were out other systems. Thats my theory anyways. I was hoping someone could shed some light on the problem. Thanks for your replys. GREG -- Message posted via http://www.hwkb.com | |||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by GIRunit on September 28, 2006, 9:39 am
Please log in for more thread options and one of my ram cards came a lil bit loose and it did the same thing. | |||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by kony on September 28, 2006, 10:15 am
Please log in for more thread options On Thu, 28 Sep 2006 03:16:33 GMT, "greg77 via HWKB.com"
Most commonly this is due to using high density PC13 memory in a motherboard that needs lower density PC100 instead. Try installing only one module in each/both slots. | |||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Mike Walsh on September 28, 2006, 10:43 am
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If the 256 MB DIMMs have 4 chips they might be too high density to work. Try a DIMM with 8 (lower density) chips. kony wrote: >
> On Thu, 28 Sep 2006 03:16:33 GMT, "greg77 via HWKB.com" > > >I have an old P3 500mhz compaq deskpro PC I got (2) 256MB RAM sticks for it
> >and for some reason the PC wont except the sticks, it makes a series of beeps > >when I turn the power on and then just doesn't boot up, they are the same as > >the original sticks as far as being PC133 168pin DIMM except they are 256 > >instead of 64 and 128. I recently put in two 128 sticks and they went in fine. > >I'm not to savvy about the inner working of a PC and how things interface > >with each other, Physically I know where things are and how they go together. > >I wondered if maybe because it's an old PC that it just doesn't read the 256 > >sticks because they are new. The 128 sticks I put in were out other systems. > >Thats my theory anyways. > >I was hoping someone could shed some light on the problem. > >Thanks for your replys. GREG >
> Most commonly this is due to using high density PC13 memory > in a motherboard that needs lower density PC100 instead. > > Try installing only one module in each/both slots. -- Mike Walsh West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.A. | |||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by kony on September 28, 2006, 7:35 pm
Please log in for more thread options On Thu, 28 Sep 2006 10:43:59 -0400, Mike Walsh
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DIMM with 8 (lower density) chips.
>If the 256 MB DIMMs have 4 chips they might be too high density to work. Try a >
The typical low density memory I'm thinking of would have 16 chips per 256MB. | |||||||||||||||||||
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>and for some reason the PC wont except the sticks, it makes a series of beeps
>when I turn the power on and then just doesn't boot up, they are the same as
>the original sticks as far as being PC133 168pin DIMM except they are 256
>instead of 64 and 128. I recently put in two 128 sticks and they went in fine.
>I'm not to savvy about the inner working of a PC and how things interface
>with each other, Physically I know where things are and how they go together.
>I wondered if maybe because it's an old PC that it just doesn't read the 256
>sticks because they are new. The 128 sticks I put in were out other systems.
>Thats my theory anyways.
>I was hoping someone could shed some light on the problem.
>Thanks for your replys. GREG