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Thread ID: 12635	2001-11-04 05:18:00	RAM chip not working	Guest (0)	Press F1

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23562	2001-11-04 05:18:00	My brother just bought a new RAM chip, and Im trying to install it, trying being the operative word :-/ The motherboard has three 168 pin SDRAM slots. The original chip in the first slot works fine. Sticking the new chip in either free slot, works, but the new RAM is undetected, in either bootup or by Win98. Sticking just the new chip into the first slot, works fine, 128MB detected. Proceding to stick the original chip into a free slot, and the extra 128MB is undetected, but the computer boots fine. The new chip on its own works, all slots work, but with both chips in at the same time, only 128MB is detected not 256MB. Both chips are 128MB PC133 168pin SDRAM, mobo is Epox EP-6VBA running Win98. The computer itself is only 2 yrs old, so I wouldnt have thought there should be a compatibility problem... Any suggestions?	Guest (0)
23563	2001-11-04 06:15:00	Someone posted something a couple of days ago about how there are double density simms and single density ones, and that is the problem. Wade through the postings in the last week or so and see if you can spot it. The answer was pretty good. Robo.	Guest (0)
23564	2001-11-04 06:32:00	Rob, I found and read the post, but I dont think thats it, I have two 128MB sticks, with either stick in on its own, it registers as having 128MB RAM, however with both sticks together it STILL registers 128MB. We bought two sticks, both identical and the second installed perfectly in another machine, also starting with 128MB, and that machine now registers 256MB... And for the record, all 4 sticks in question are only populated on one side, yet one machine has 256MB and one has 128MB regardless of the number of sticks. Either thats not it or I failed to understand the meaning of the DIMM vs SIMM post ;-)	Guest (0)
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