Ed,
No insult taken...I would agree except the same thing happened to me with
PNY memory purchased from Best Buy. I took it back to them, they checked it
and found those to be 32 MB sticks. Odds on it happening again from a
different dealer/brand?
I thinks me just has a * computer that is very finicky about the RAM it
takes. I guess if I really want that extra 64 MB, I'll have to fork out the
bucks and get either "guaranteed compatible" from Crucial or get it from
Quantex...
Anyway, Thanx much.
--
Rich Arnold
http://www.veryComputer.com/~stpc
http://www.veryComputer.com/
> I do not mean to insult your inteligence, but are you sure you actually
> received 2-32mb edo instead of 2-16mb. It has been awhile since I've even
> looked at EDO memory, I can't remember the visual differences between the
> two. I would go back to the dealer you purchased the RAM (regardless of
why
> your RAM count is consistently 32megs short--there is a problem--either
the
> RAM is defective or it is indeed only 16megs a piece.
> Ed Garlinghouse
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> please post replies to group
> > Bert,
> > Thanx for the response.
> > Have had the new memory, 2-32s in by themselves but computer only
reports
> 32
> > mb. When the computer does the memory check, that's when I see the
32MB.
> > In Windows, it also says 32 MB. I would think I would get some other
> error
> > but the computer runs fine. It just baffles me that it would read half
of
> > the amount that I put in.
> > I searched up and down the BIOS/CMOS with no luck on the setting that
I'm
> > missing.
> > The video is non-integrated (PCI card).
> > The computer is a Quantex P133. Mobo is Biostar MB-8500TUR.
> > Thanx,
> > --
> > Rich Arnold
> > http://www.veryComputer.com/~stpc
> > http://www.veryComputer.com/
> > > Hi Rich
> > > Start by only using the new memory chips only.
> > > If I understand you correctly, you have 2 - 32mb chips?
> > > Install the chips as per the motherboard manual. Usually
> > > in the first two banks.
> > > Check to see if a CMOS setting is disabling some of the RAM.
> > > If there's an integrated video card it may be using up some of the
> memory.
> > > Reboot the system and look at the memory count and post back.
> > > More information on the motherboard make, model and revision
> > > would be helpful.
> > > Reported Memory Does Not Match Amount of Installed Memory
> > > http://www.veryComputer.com/
> > > --
> > > Regards,
> > > Bert [MS-MVP DTS]
> > > Remove NS to reply
> > > http://www.veryComputer.com/
> > > Greetings,
> > > Got me a head scratcher...I want to upgrade my RAM from 32 MB to 80
MB.
> > > Currently I have in bank 0, two 8 MB EDO SIMMs and in bank 1 two 8 MB
FP
> > > SIMMs for a system total of 32 MB...working fine.
> > > Purchased two 32 MB EDO SIMMs (60ns) from Circuit City (Centon brand).
> > > Yet when putting in the 2-32s and the 2-8s (EDO) for a total of 80 MB,
> the
> > > computer only sees 48 MB. Have tried the 32s in bank 0 and 8s in bank
1
> > and
> > > switched them.
> > > Have had only the two 32s in bank 0 and computer only sees 32 MB vice
64
> > MB.
> > > (Mobo says for this config, 32s need to be in bank 0).
> > > This same thing happened with PNY memory from Best Buy.
> > > The only thing I can think of is that the Mobo requires 70ns speed.
> > > Any thoughts? I've search the BIOS for any manual configuration but
no
> > joy.
> > > Thanx for any suggestions.
> > > --
> > > Rich Arnold
> > > http://www.veryComputer.com/~stpc
> > > http://www.veryComputer.com/
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