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Peter M · 07-30-2003, 08:45 AM

Well ... this is what happens when you plant modern DIMMs in old systems. The SDRAM chips are 256-Mbit technology (32x8 geometry), while at least the Intel BX boards you have there cannot address chips larger than 16x8 (128-Mbit tech). The Athlon board should do the trick with a BIOS update, if one is available (DFI isn't too good at that though).

You need to buy a double-sided, 16-chip 256-MByte DIMM.

07-30-2003, 08:45 AM	#6 (permalink)
Peter M Registered User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Augsburg, Germany Posts: 3,814	Well ... this is what happens when you plant modern DIMMs in old systems. The SDRAM chips are 256-Mbit technology (32x8 geometry), while at least the Intel BX boards you have there cannot address chips larger than 16x8 (128-Mbit tech). The Athlon board should do the trick with a BIOS update, if one is available (DFI isn't too good at that though). You need to buy a double-sided, 16-chip 256-MByte DIMM.