Kingston pc133/256 PC having problems seeing it?

[theonetruegod]

Have two PCs old but do the job...

1) AOpen M/B...WinXp...bios update...with 384 memory PC133, two sticks.

2) IBM Aptiva 2194 440...WinXp...with 384 memory PC133, two sticks...

need more info plz ask...

Bought a Kingston KVR133X64C3/256 stick.....

Take out all memory from PC1 and install Kingston, only reads 128 of the 256, in any slot i try. Cant see any thing in the bios i need to change.

On PC2 it doesn't even see it, get one long beep then three short beeps then one long beep, the same kind of message i get if i try and boot with out any memory installed. Same with this bios don't no were to start looking.

The stick was tested at shop and it works fine. This is the third stick I am trying. Not having the manuels I dont no if there is any jumpers I could change on M/Bs.

Ideas plz.

Thanks.

Peace.

More than likely the ValuRam is not compatible w/ your mobos.

If your other PC133 RAM is low-density, then that's why they work in those mobos.

! PLEASE NOTE !
PC133 modules MAY NOT BE BACKWARD COMPATIBLE to PC100 machines
Systems using the 440BX, 810 or 810e chipsets should only use PC100 memory.

<-- Taken from ValueRam's site.

[Telexen]

Not only may it be that some PC133 modules aren't compatible with your boards...some select chips in general may not be compatible...

[DanU]

Evil Rick is right on the money. The best solution is to go to Crucial's web page and use their memory selector. Based on your computer / mobo, it will tell you which RAM you can use.

[theonetruegod]

Thanks for the info ppl...

Crucial's web page says i can only goto 256 of ram on the Aptiva 440....I have 384 in there as i type this....is it going to blowup on me SOON :-O


As for the A Open m/b seems like am just really unlucky...

SDram its late and am very tired, my ram is dimm, and prob there?

Its also CL3...

Dont no about this lot--Unbuffered • Non-parity • 7.5ns •

Is 3.3v

Any way it looks like a trip back to the shop, see if they can get some ram to match what i need.

Error Checking: ECC

What does that mean... saw it in the bios somewere?

[radman]

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Error Checking: ECC

What does that mean... saw it in the bios somewere?
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ECC (as in "Error Correcting Code" or "Error Checking [and] Correcting"). ECC RAM allows data that is being read or transmitted to be checked for errors and, when necessary, corrected on the fly. It differs from parity-checking in that errors are not only detected but also corrected.

ECC is increasingly being designed into data storage and transmission hardware as data rates (and therefore error rates) increase. Most often ECC RAM is required in Servers (or other higher-end hardware) or where/when redundancy is needed to produce data as error-free as possible.

Of course, some errors still do get through and that's where appz such as CHKDSK among others comes into play, to fix errors on media where data has already been written.

Hope that helps! --Radman

[theonetruegod]

Emmm ya ta :-)

Thanks all.

Back to the shop.

Peace.