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RAM detection problems on P2B series boards
Anyone know what causes erratic RAM detection on P2B series
motherboards, particularly at 133Mhz FSB? I've never had any problems running 768MB (3x256MB) on my P2B-DS boards, and one is fully loaded with a gig. I recently purchased a bunch of used 256MB sticks, mostly Micron but a few are other brands, with the intent of upgrading our single processor P2B systems from 256 to 512 or 768MB. I tested it all in matched pairs on a modified P2B-AE running a P3-S 1.4Ghz CPU (133Mhz FSB) - configured the BIOS for 222 timings regardless of SPD, and ran memtest86 3.0 in all tests mode for at least 5 full passes on each pair. All testing completed without a single problem or error, but when I install in the target systems I encounter nothing but grief :-( On one P2B-AE system, the BIOS only detects either 64MB or 128MB from cold start when 512MB is installed, and it won't POST on reset - has to be powered off to try again. I tried all the tested pairs, and also mixed brands, but couldn't get it to detect more than 128MB when both RAM slots were filled - not even at 100Mhz FSB and 333 timings - but this one has the same board revision and BIOS as the test system that detected 512MB every time! Similar story on a P2B-S machine, although I eventually found a mixed-brand pair that works properly in this system - but no way will it detect three sticks. RAM voltage on all systems is within 100mV of 3.4V, the only significant difference is Tualeron processors in the target systems vs. a P3-S in the test system - but that seems unlikely to affect RAM detection. All very mysterious and annoying - comments or suggestions appreciated. P2B |
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