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DobbyH
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_ 		21. January 2005 @ 15:53 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I am building a PC from bits and pieces from old bits and pieces. I have a motherboard Xcel 2000 with SiS 5595 Chip on it. This is the only ID I have for the board. I bought a 128Mb stick of SDRAM for it but it won't startup. The HDD is a 2Gb IDE 'dinosaur' with Win 95B installed. It came from a machine with an older Board (EXP8661 version 1.3). It worked fine in it (Pentium 120MHz with 64Mb RAM). I intend to install Win98SE when I get it up and running. Any clues as to why it won't start?
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_ 		21. January 2005 @ 18:32 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
ya lost me here- I have a motherboard Xcel 2000
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ddp
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_ 		21. January 2005 @ 19:47 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
ram might not be compatible to board. is board at style or atx keyboard wise?? does board have both slot & socket or just 1 of them. don't have manual or cd do you
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DobbyH
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_ 		22. January 2005 @ 10:41 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
My concern is that the RAM is not compatible with the board. You has an Excel 2000 board - what type of RAM are you running with? This board has 3 slots which the SDRAM physically fits OK. I have only 1 slot (DIMM1) filled.
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ddp
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_ 		22. January 2005 @ 11:02 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
is ram pc133 as might not run on your board & also depends on ram manufacturer as some makes of ram are real picky as to what board they will run on as i found that out with infinity ram
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DobbyH
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_ 		22. January 2005 @ 11:09 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Yes, the RAM is stated as PC133/100. My brother has a PC with some RAM in it that originally came from this motherboard. Thanks for the idea. I'll try his RAM back in this board to prove the 'RAM theory'.
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ddp
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_ 		22. January 2005 @ 11:24 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
once ram is in & post, try to get some info off the post screen like date-month-year & rev level near top left corner & the string at bottom particuarly when says m741lr or something like that as that is reference to motherboard model# to be able to get drivers, bios updates & manual
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xxme2xx
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_ 		22. January 2005 @ 11:52 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
explain it a little better. Are you getting power? Is it trying to boot?
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