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P2B-F memory sizes
Hi everyone, When I plug in a Kingston 256MB DIMM into my P2B-F, the BIOS picks it up erratically. Sometimes, it picks it up as 128MB and other times it picks it up as 256MB. The motherboard manual says it does support 256MB PC100. However, I am clocking at 133MHz as the processor requires it. Is there any way to fix this ? Anyone else had the same experience ? Rgds, Rajiv. |
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Is the DIMM low density?
I believe that all 440BX boards (like the P2B-F) require low density RAM. I don't know if it's an absolute, but the low density 256 MB DIMMs I've seen have used sixteen RAM chips. (18 chips for ECC.) I had a similar problem with a different 440BX board, a Soyo 6BA+IV. I got two 256 MB DIMMs from www.crucial.com, and they worked well with a 7.5X133 (1 GHz) PIII. HTH. Bob Knowlden Address may be scrambled. Replace nkbob with bobkn. "Rajiv Niles" wrote in message news:1123122010.886740@sj-nntpcache-3... Hi everyone, When I plug in a Kingston 256MB DIMM into my P2B-F, the BIOS picks it up erratically. Sometimes, it picks it up as 128MB and other times it picks it up as 256MB. The motherboard manual says it does support 256MB PC100. However, I am clocking at 133MHz as the processor requires it. Is there any way to fix this ? Anyone else had the same experience ? Rgds, Rajiv. |
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Bob, you're absolutely correct. I tried a low density DIMM and it worked.
"Bob Knowlden" wrote in message ... Is the DIMM low density? I believe that all 440BX boards (like the P2B-F) require low density RAM. I don't know if it's an absolute, but the low density 256 MB DIMMs I've seen have used sixteen RAM chips. (18 chips for ECC.) I had a similar problem with a different 440BX board, a Soyo 6BA+IV. I got two 256 MB DIMMs from www.crucial.com, and they worked well with a 7.5X133 (1 GHz) PIII. HTH. Bob Knowlden Address may be scrambled. Replace nkbob with bobkn. "Rajiv Niles" wrote in message news:1123122010.886740@sj-nntpcache-3... Hi everyone, When I plug in a Kingston 256MB DIMM into my P2B-F, the BIOS picks it up erratically. Sometimes, it picks it up as 128MB and other times it picks it up as 256MB. The motherboard manual says it does support 256MB PC100. However, I am clocking at 133MHz as the processor requires it. Is there any way to fix this ? Anyone else had the same experience ? Rgds, Rajiv. |
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I have had the same experiance with the pb3-f when overclocling. This
was using crucial or infineon 256mb modules, non-ecc. I believe it is a chipset limitation. I have tested various scenario's and it always results the same when at 133mhz bus speed. You could try running the memory at "auto" when the bus is at 133mhz. The memory will clock down and it may count correctly...but I think you'll find that running a 100mhz cpu with your ram speed higher (ie: 2-2-2) will result in a more stable enviroment. On Thu, 4 Aug 2005 10:13:36 +0800, "Rajiv Niles" wrote: Hi everyone, When I plug in a Kingston 256MB DIMM into my P2B-F, the BIOS picks it up erratically. Sometimes, it picks it up as 128MB and other times it picks it up as 256MB. The motherboard manual says it does support 256MB PC100. However, I am clocking at 133MHz as the processor requires it. Is there any way to fix this ? Anyone else had the same experience ? Rgds, Rajiv. |
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