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nasayin

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21. September 2006 @ 07:42

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I am having problem adding more memory to my motherboard. Right now I have 2 sticks (256MB each) of Crucial PC2100. I am trying to add another Crucial 256MB for a total of 768MB. But everytime I add the the memory stick, I do not get any display on my monitor when I turn on my machine. After I removed the stick, I am able to see the display. I know the memory stick is good because I tried it on another machine. Is there some setting in the Bios that I have to update? I have an Abit KG-7 Raid motherboard with 4 slot of space for my memory. I used to have a gig of memory but gave a 512 stick away. Any advice or suggestion would be appreciated. Thanks.

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Dr.xp

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21. September 2006 @ 08:20

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hello.
that abit mobo has a amd 760 northbriged chipset that support ddr 166/266 or pc-1600 and pc-2100 but it has a limitation in order to fill all 4 memory banks you have to use registered memory dimms wich are slower but more stable beacuse they were desing for servers pc´s

you cant fill the all 4 memory bank with normal memory it wont work.

here a few reviews see for your self:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Registered_memory

http://www.abit-usa.com/products/mb/prod...ries=1&model=30

these memory is more expensive so if you need more memory and dont want to expense the extra cash try to use two 512 pc-2100 dimms on slot 1 and 2. of normal memory modules

hope i help

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Dr.xp
Pentium D 805 2.66ghz
Foxconn 8400 GS 512 GDDR2 PCI-EX
2gb DDR2 Pc2-5300

This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 21. September 2006 @ 08:21

nasayin

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21. September 2006 @ 08:37

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That is weird becuase I used to have 1 gig of memory, 256MB on slot 1, 256MB on slot 2, and 512MB on slot 3. I gave the 512MB away and I don't think the 512 was registered dimms. Actually, how can you tell if the memory is registered?

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Dr.xp

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21. September 2006 @ 08:45

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well maybe they were because you didnt know about those memory untill now or didnt have it in mind by that time.

if you read the abit link i post it says over a 1gb to 3,5gb registered mem only.

to know if memory is ecc register or non-ecc registered memory in the store should advertised that on product specs and should be printed on memory dimm.

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Dr.xp
Pentium D 805 2.66ghz
Foxconn 8400 GS 512 GDDR2 PCI-EX
2gb DDR2 Pc2-5300

nasayin

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21. September 2006 @ 09:02

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Thanks Dr.xp!

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nasayin