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March 22nd, 2002, 12:59 AM
#1
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2 Types of Ram in Shuttle mobo
I've got a buddy who tried to put both 72 pin simms and 168 pin dimms in a "HOT 591-P Shuttle Spacewalker" motherboard. Sinc it has slots for both I guess he thought it would work. However, now it won't boot. Using one kind or the other it still just beeps. I even tried some new ram and no joy. I guess my question is, would doing that screw up the board? It says right in the manual for the board not to. I made a big point of showing it to him but all he wants is for me to fix it. I haven't run into this before. Is there a fix? I doubt it but I have to ask.
Thanx
marko
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March 22nd, 2002, 05:11 AM
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yeah, this could be something to do with the different types of ram working at different voltages, possibly shorting the board, i think someone like Ruslan will be able to give u more info.
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March 22nd, 2002, 08:54 AM
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One of my friends did exactly the same thing, had a mobo with two types of RAM slots, filled them all (this is a BIG NO-NO), then his computer wouldn't boot after that, even if he took all the RAM out. Fried his mobo, and had to get a new one. For somebody on a fixed income, this guy sure likes to fool around with expensive computer equipment a lot.
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March 22nd, 2002, 09:18 AM
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At the very minimum your gonna be dealing with minor memory errors bugging you all the time. Worst case scenario would be what Macgyver gave ya.
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March 22nd, 2002, 10:04 AM
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March 22nd, 2002, 12:36 PM
#6
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My motherboard(k7s5a) also has slots for 2 types of ram DDR and SDRAM. The book says not to mix them, just curious if anyone has done it with success.
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March 22nd, 2002, 01:56 PM
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I had a lot of experience with that board when i first started a few years ago, but i never tried mixing memory. There are a lot of jumpers on that board, and memory is one of them if i recall correctly. Make sure the jumpers are set properly for the type of mem youre using and also manually set the CPU voltage (take off that big 5 wide jumper set and use individual ones) instead of leaving it on auto. If that doenst work, take the battery out for a while then put it back in. If youre still dead then, you know you've got problems.....
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March 22nd, 2002, 02:47 PM
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March 22nd, 2002, 04:03 PM
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[quote]Originally posted by marko731:
Just want to say Thank You to everyone for your assistance and especially to RUSLAN !!!!
yep, Ruslan is the man
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March 22nd, 2002, 09:19 PM
#10
[quote]Originally posted by Raffaz:
My motherboard(k7s5a) also has slots for 2 types of ram DDR and SDRAM. The book says not to mix them, just curious if anyone has done it with success.
um hey im a tweaker myself, but i gotta ask, what's the point? it would at least slow it down. and possibly do real bad to your mobo
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March 23rd, 2002, 01:35 AM
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[quote]Originally posted by marko731:
Just want to say Thank You to everyone for your assistance and especially to RUSLAN !!!!
Told you so!
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March 24th, 2002, 11:14 AM
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March 25th, 2002, 05:41 AM
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