Dimm Slots

[Araman]

have a First MB va503t
have a 64m dimm in ...add a 128m but only get 128 not 192m...manual says different size dimms can be used ...both pc100 manual does not refer to a jumper for different size dimms ....any thoughts

[Eagle PC Diagnostech]

Is the larger DIMM in Slot 0?
Are you sure the 128MB is PC-100?
Usually if it's 66Mhz it will only show half of the DIMM.

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[This message has been edited by Eagle PC Diagnostech (edited September 06, 2000).]

[Araman]

It's the kingston value ram ...says pc100

[DR]

Where are you getting the figure for the amount of DRAM installed? The reason I ask is the only place that mine gives the correct amount is in System Properties under the Performance tab. I have had benchmarking utillities that gave incorrect amounts from half to double the installed.

[techs]

i have heard that some mobos have problems with dimms that have too many chips on them

[wbatten]

some of the older 128mb PC100 chips would have problems if running as a CL=2 ( latency )check your bios and see if SPD is enabled for the SDRAM, if not enable it, also if it does show CL=2, then change it to CL=3. I wouldn't mix SDRAM with two defferent latency RE: 2T/3T if you do DISABLE SPD and set the latency to 3T and see if that helps. Sorry not much help, try one chip at a time and make sure they are both good, this would be a good time to check BIOS and see what the latency is for each SDRAM, providing both SDRAM have SPD?


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