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RAM Troubles
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LDee
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14. March 2006 @ 14:15 |
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Hello,
I bought some ram to upgrade a pc for a friend, but it doesn't seem to be working. The ram currently inisde the pc has a sticker on it that says "Infineon, 32mx64 sdram, 256mb sync pc133, cl3" amongst other information. So I assumed I was looking for pc133 168pin sdram.
So I bought a stick of 512mb pc133 sdram with the hope of increasing the ram to 768mb. It fits and everything it just doesn't work. The system still boots aslong as the old ram is still in, but when the new ram is in on it's own, no boot.
This is the thing, in the BIOS the information about the ram currently in the pc is "Installed memory - 256mb/pc100". Nothing wrong with that apart from the fact that on that same stick of ram it states it is a pc133, and that's why I bought pc133 ram to upgrade with. Could there simply be the wrong sticker on the ram? I'm more inclined to trust what the bios says that a sticker on the ram.
The motherboard is a Trigem Lomita (crappy one I guess), it's a Hewlett Packard celeron 1.20 ghz system HP P6373A-ABG 510A. The system only has 4mb of video memory (on board) and the main reason I bought the ram for my friend was to try and get video's (avi's mpeg's divx etc) to run smoothly. Currently it refreshes so slow as to be unwatchable.
Any comments on my problem are much appreciated. Thank you.
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tocool4u
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14. March 2006 @ 14:24 |
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IS it non-ECC ddr DIMM?
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LDee
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14. March 2006 @ 14:35 |
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Does that mean is it not for use in Europe?
Hmm, ok didn't think of that. The pc itslef with the old ram in originally came from Australia. The new ram I have just bought came from US and I am in England.
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tocool4u
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14. March 2006 @ 15:38 |
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No it doesn't mean that......Tell me what exactly you got
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ddp
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14. March 2006 @ 17:01 |
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14. March 2006 @ 17:11 |
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good one ddp
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LDee
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15. March 2006 @ 04:14 |
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Thanks very much ddp.
I guess I could have found that out without posting a thread, I apologize. It did cross my mind that the max could be 512 using 2 sticks but I thought, nah, no way can the maximum be 512, it's been 1g or over for years now. Anyway, I was wrong.
Thanks for sorting my problem, cheers!
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15. March 2006 @ 04:24 |
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I had the same problem for an old laptop, it was running at full at 384 then i took the 256mb out and replaed it with 512 and kept coming up with a bsod. I was wondering for ages what the hell was rong with it, then i found the manuel...
System 1 :- Main PC: AMD XP 3200+ - OC Slightly 2.31Ghz, 1024 MB DDR PC2700, 1 x 40GB Hard Drive, 1 x 60GB Hard Drive, ATI 9600XT (256 MB)Graphics Card.
Laptop 1: 1GB DDR2 Ram, 100Gb Samsung HDD, ATI X700 128mb Graphics Card.
System 2: Downloading PC: AMD Sempron 2500+, 512 MB DDR PC2700, 1 x 40GB Hard Drive.
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ddp
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15. March 2006 @ 06:55 |
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i have a "famous" saying & is not meant to be mean but always do a R.T.F.M.D.(Read.The.F***ing.Manual.Dummy.). teach & learn
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LDee
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25. March 2006 @ 15:02 |
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Hello again,
I sorted out the ram and now have 512mb running in the system. But there are two issues I would like to understand.
1. The ram is pc133, however in the bios it shows as pc100... ?
2. Videos are still so jerky as to be unwatchable. Is this due to the low amount of video memory? Shows up in display properties as 4mg, however in the web page ddp pointed me to showing me the spec of the system, it says direct AGP 11mb UMA. There is no AGP slot on the motherboard, is direct AGP onboard AGP or something? How can I get videos/dvds playing smoothly considering the computer is so rubbish and I have no AGP slot?
Thanks
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ddp
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25. March 2006 @ 16:30 |
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1: ram Speed 133 MHz synchronous (System speed is 100 MHz)
2: check in bios to see if can increase shared ram from 4meg to higher
3: check out pci videocards with 128 or 256meg ram on them
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boxwrench
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25. March 2006 @ 16:45 |
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Main System- Amd/64 3800x2 currently@ 2.5ghz. Asus A8N-E,win.xp-pro.4x1gb.Ocz platnium ddr 400,Maxtor 40gb.& 250gb.ide & 2x W.D.250 sata,Benq 1650V dvd Reader & Benq DW-1655 Writer,EVGA Geforce 7600gs,Creative Audigy-LS,Antec 750w psu. Vizio 37"hdtv monitor 1360x768@75hz.
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 25. March 2006 @ 16:46
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LDee
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25. March 2006 @ 17:32 |
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Thanks very much for your help
I'll look into getting a pci card now.
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ddp
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25. March 2006 @ 17:48 |
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no problem, teach & learn
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