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  • Alm()nd J()y
    Member
    • Oct 2006
    • 1209

    #1

    Ram problem, please help!

    I just got my other Stick of Ram today (1 gig, so I'm all excited ). I turned the computer off and unplugged for about an hour, so once I'm ready to install Iopen up the case bla bla bla, install, plug back in, turn on, and wham! MY computer freezes at the Energy star page thing where it identifies your components, so I restart and then it tell me my processor was running at an incorrect speed, so It put it back to normal (3000mhz's or 3ghz). I was a bit ****ed, so I set back to default settings and then it still wouldn't boot. I took the new stick of ram out and rebooted it again. It booted. So I was like ok, try again. I put it in and continued to get the same errors. I looked in the memory part of my motherboard manual and this is what I get:

    Memory:
    3 x 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets support up to 3 gb of unbufferred non-ECC DDR memory.
    (Note: PC2100/1600 support up to three DIMM's; PC3200 up to 2 DIMM's; 1 GB PC3200/2700 with 32 DDR chips support to 1 DIMM only.)

    So I began to think that my MOBO will only support 2 PC3200 DIMM's. Fair enough. I removed one of the 512's (2 X 512 + 1gig). I left the new one gig stick and the old 512 in it and tryed to boot, no success. I then got ****ed. I tryed moving them around to different DIMM's and that didn't work. I said forget it I'll ask you guys. I then replaced back my old ram in the old configuration and booted again with success. I'm here to ask you does this mean I can only have 2 X 512 sticks or 1gig stick?

    Here's a Pic of the MOBO, notice only three DIMM's (retarded MOBO?)



    Thanks for any help.
  • farty_mcrablice

    #2
    Re: Ram problem, please help!

    What model board is that?

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    • _SilentXScope_

      #3
      Re: Ram problem, please help!

      It is in his Signature

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      • lil_jimmy_norton

        #4
        Re: Ram problem, please help!

        Have you tried just the new stick?

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        • lonegunm4n

          #5
          Re: Ram problem, please help!

          sounds like you got a bad stick.

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          • Alm()nd J()y
            Member
            • Oct 2006
            • 1209

            #6
            Re: Ram problem, please help!

            Is that what happens when It's bad? I went into BIOS and it said I had 2048mb of ram. And no I haven't tried just the new stick.

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            • lil_jimmy_norton

              #7
              Re: Ram problem, please help!

              Originally posted by Alm()nd J()y
              Is that what happens when It's bad? I went into BIOS and it said I had 2048mb of ram. And no I haven't tried just the new stick.
              Wouldn't trying the new stick be the obvious thing to try?

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              • farty_mcrablice

                #8
                Re: Ram problem, please help!

                That board is kind of funky. If you're using PC3200, it will only support 2 sticks of equal size. If you're using 2 sticks of 512mb, you'll be fine. If you're going over 1GB, however, they must BOTH be 1 GB sticks. You can't mix and match sizes. For example, you can't use 1 stick of 1GB and 1 stick of 512mb. Make sense?

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                • Painl3ss.NL

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                  Re: Ram problem, please help!

                  Originally posted by Alm()nd J()y
                  Memory:
                  3 x 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets support up to 3 gb of unbufferred non-ECC DDR memory.
                  (Note: PC2100/1600 support up to three DIMM's; PC3200 up to 2 DIMM's; 1 GB PC3200/2700 with 32 DDR chips support to 1 DIMM only.)
                  Doesn't this mean it only supports a single 1 Gig stick ?
                  (not sure about the 32 DDR chips part)

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                  • andy2006

                    #10
                    Re: Ram problem, please help!

                    most motherboards support post speech reporter. Plug your headphones in and enable the posty speech reporter in bios. I had that trouble when i put my current rig together that it would only work with 2 sticks of matched xms corsair ram allthough the motherboards itself has 4 slots (asus sk8v mobo). The post speech reporter told me that basically having all 4 slots filled caused the cpu to overclock itself (dont know why) so i stuck with 2 sticks. Best thing to do is get 2 * 1gb sticks as 2gb ram should be enough for a few years. I never bothered researching the problem any further but at the time it did seem really odd

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                    • Alm()nd J()y
                      Member
                      • Oct 2006
                      • 1209

                      #11
                      Re: Ram problem, please help!

                      Originally posted by farty_mcrablice
                      That board is kind of funky. If you're using PC3200, it will only support 2 sticks of equal size. If you're using 2 sticks of 512mb, you'll be fine. If you're going over 1GB, however, they must BOTH be 1 GB sticks. You can't mix and match sizes. For example, you can't use 1 stick of 1GB and 1 stick of 512mb. Make sense?
                      So I have to have 2 1 gig sticks to get to the 2 gigs I want? And if I wanted to I could add one more 1 gig stick to be at 3 gigs? Because if that's what I have to do then fine :). I started up the computer with just the new stick and it booted, and is in as I type this.

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                      • farty_mcrablice

                        #12
                        Re: Ram problem, please help!

                        2gb (2x1gb) is the limit of what that board will support if you're using PC3200 since you can only use two DIMM sockets.

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                        • Alm()nd J()y
                          Member
                          • Oct 2006
                          • 1209

                          #13
                          Re: Ram problem, please help!

                          Yeah, but what about this:

                          1 GB PC3200/2700 with 32 DDR chips support to 1 DIMM only.)

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                          • farty_mcrablice

                            #14
                            Re: Ram problem, please help!

                            Don't worry, yours only has 16 chips

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                            • Alm()nd J()y
                              Member
                              • Oct 2006
                              • 1209

                              #15
                              Re: Ram problem, please help!

                              So it will then I'm guessing?

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