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ASUS P2B - incompatible RAM problems
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I recently bought some new RAM to upgrade an old system but none of the new stuff worked properly - only half the RAM on each stick was accessible. First supplied were double sided 256Mb, the dealer kindly swapped them for single sided but they had the same problem! Ive used both PC100 and PC133 64, 128, 256mb sticks on this board and had no problems before. Does anyone know why RAM is sometimes incompatible?? How are we supposed to know? Is there a list of approved brands for this board? Thanks Ian |
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I ran into the same problem. My problem was the new memory was 133 only. I
mistakenly thought it would run at 100. I returned it and got memory that ran at 133 and 100. Now no problems. jim "Ian Roberts" wrote in message ... Hi I recently bought some new RAM to upgrade an old system but none of the new stuff worked properly - only half the RAM on each stick was accessible. First supplied were double sided 256Mb, the dealer kindly swapped them for single sided but they had the same problem! Ive used both PC100 and PC133 64, 128, 256mb sticks on this board and had no problems before. Does anyone know why RAM is sometimes incompatible?? How are we supposed to know? Is there a list of approved brands for this board? Thanks Ian |
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Jim H wrote:
I ran into the same problem. My problem was the new memory was 133 only. I mistakenly thought it would run at 100. I returned it and got memory that ran at 133 and 100. Now no problems. Sorry but that wasn't what happened. You had the density problem and most ram rated at PC100 was the lower density type. Any ram can be downclocked with no problems. -- Stacey |
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Actually the package the RAM came in said "PC133 only - for PC100 use
part#part-number". Got at BestBuy. The new package from the same company said 133 and 100. Maybe the density issue causes that? "Stacey" wrote in message ... Jim H wrote: I ran into the same problem. My problem was the new memory was 133 only. I mistakenly thought it would run at 100. I returned it and got memory that ran at 133 and 100. Now no problems. Sorry but that wasn't what happened. You had the density problem and most ram rated at PC100 was the lower density type. Any ram can be downclocked with no problems. -- Stacey |
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Jim H wrote:
Actually the package the RAM came in said "PC133 only - for PC100 use part#part-number". Got at BestBuy. The new package from the same company said 133 and 100. Maybe the density issue causes that? Yep, there is no problem downclocking ram. What they were "dumbing down" was the ram rated for both was low density PC133 ram that will work right on all the older PC100 boards. Actually in some places low density PC100 ram costs more than the newer high density PC133 ram even though it is slower. -- Stacey |
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