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Mixing Pc100 64mb and Pc100 128mb
Hi everyone, my PC has 2 ram slots and have to sticks of pc100 64mb
(generic)(total 128mb), well i decided to buy a used stick of pc100 128mb(kingston) to upgrade to 192mb or ram, what i did is, take out one of the 64mb and replace it with the 128mb, after installing it booted fine, it read that my pc has 192mb of ram, however after 2 days the icons in my desktop looked all blurry even sometimes after boot up, the icons wouldn't appear just the names appeard, so it was obvious it had something to do with the ram i installed. What i did is take out the 64mb stick , and now i just have the one stick of 128mb (kingston) and the icons seem fine no problems so far (installed like 10 min ago from positing this). My guess is that because the ram sticks are from diffrent manufacturers they are bumping heads and the fact that mixing speeds is not a good idea , so i guess ill be looking for another pc100 128mb of ram, do you all think its ok if its another brand and not kingston (what i have now) or even a generic brand (there a lot cheaper lol). Tia Ps, I do have another stick of pc133 128mb of ram, but thats sort of a lost cause, i tried to make it work by puting it in my pc by itself , everyway you can think of, and it did not even boot, just showed a black screen. |
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Go to the Crucial website and get some decent memory as well as find the
correct memory for your machine. All you need know is the model of machine or the motherboard type number. "condorito" wrote in message ... Hi everyone, my PC has 2 ram slots and have to sticks of pc100 64mb (generic)(total 128mb), well i decided to buy a used stick of pc100 128mb(kingston) to upgrade to 192mb or ram, what i did is, take out one of the 64mb and replace it with the 128mb, after installing it booted fine, it read that my pc has 192mb of ram, however after 2 days the icons in my desktop looked all blurry even sometimes after boot up, the icons wouldn't appear just the names appeard, so it was obvious it had something to do with the ram i installed. What i did is take out the 64mb stick , and now i just have the one stick of 128mb (kingston) and the icons seem fine no problems so far (installed like 10 min ago from positing this). My guess is that because the ram sticks are from diffrent manufacturers they are bumping heads and the fact that mixing speeds is not a good idea , so i guess ill be looking for another pc100 128mb of ram, do you all think its ok if its another brand and not kingston (what i have now) or even a generic brand (there a lot cheaper lol). Tia Ps, I do have another stick of pc133 128mb of ram, but thats sort of a lost cause, i tried to make it work by puting it in my pc by itself , everyway you can think of, and it did not even boot, just showed a black screen. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.717 / Virus Database: 473 - Release Date: 7/8/2004 |
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Thanks , but i do know exactly what kind of memory will work with my Pc,
pc100, the question was to confrim my guesses as to why pc100 128mb and pc100 64mb dont work together. "HF" wrote in message ... Go to the Crucial website and get some decent memory as well as find the correct memory for your machine. All you need know is the model of machine or the motherboard type number. "condorito" wrote in message ... Hi everyone, my PC has 2 ram slots and have to sticks of pc100 64mb (generic)(total 128mb), well i decided to buy a used stick of pc100 128mb(kingston) to upgrade to 192mb or ram, what i did is, take out one of the 64mb and replace it with the 128mb, after installing it booted fine, it read that my pc has 192mb of ram, however after 2 days the icons in my desktop looked all blurry even sometimes after boot up, the icons wouldn't appear just the names appeard, so it was obvious it had something to do with the ram i installed. What i did is take out the 64mb stick , and now i just have the one stick of 128mb (kingston) and the icons seem fine no problems so far (installed like 10 min ago from positing this). My guess is that because the ram sticks are from diffrent manufacturers they are bumping heads and the fact that mixing speeds is not a good idea , so i guess ill be looking for another pc100 128mb of ram, do you all think its ok if its another brand and not kingston (what i have now) or even a generic brand (there a lot cheaper lol). Tia Ps, I do have another stick of pc133 128mb of ram, but thats sort of a lost cause, i tried to make it work by puting it in my pc by itself , everyway you can think of, and it did not even boot, just showed a black screen. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.717 / Virus Database: 473 - Release Date: 7/8/2004 |
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"condorito" wrote in message ... Thanks , but i do know exactly what kind of memory will work with my Pc, pc100, the question was to confrim my guesses as to why pc100 128mb and pc100 64mb dont work together. Some boards have odd preferences about module capacity combinations (for example I have a 440EX board that will not accept a 128MB module in the first slot with 32MB modules in each of the other two slots, but it will take 128MB modules in all three), and some simply are sensitive to the mixing of different brands/configurations os modules. There is also more to consider these days than merely capacity, or speed. Most PC-100 and PC-133 modules made these days use chips of 256mbit denstiy instead of the older 128mbit density common just 2 or 3 years ago. A board using a chipset with this limitation will typically manifest the issue as a boot failure, or complete lack of recognition for the module. This was possibly the case with the PC-133 module you attempted to install. |
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On Sun, 11 Jul 2004 11:51:33 -0700, "condorito"
wrote: Thanks , but i do know exactly what kind of memory will work with my Pc, pc100, the question was to confrim my guesses as to why pc100 128mb and pc100 64mb dont work together. Usually they will, seems more likely your motherboard is marginal, almost failing and can only remain stable with lesser memroy amounts. Most posters would've started out by mentioning specs of system, since clearly your problem is not seem by most every other system, therefore the differences to your system (the details) matter. On the other hand it might just be bad memory, though it seems less likely. Test with http://www.memtest86.com |
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There are move options than just pc-100 etc!
condorito wrote: Thanks , but i do know exactly what kind of memory will work with my Pc, pc100, the question was to confrim my guesses as to why pc100 128mb and pc100 64mb dont work together. "HF" wrote in message ... Go to the Crucial website and get some decent memory as well as find the correct memory for your machine. All you need know is the model of machine or the motherboard type number. "condorito" wrote in message ... Hi everyone, my PC has 2 ram slots and have to sticks of pc100 64mb (generic)(total 128mb), well i decided to buy a used stick of pc100 128mb(kingston) to upgrade to 192mb or ram, what i did is, take out one of the 64mb and replace it with the 128mb, after installing it booted fine, it read that my pc has 192mb of ram, however after 2 days the icons in my desktop looked all blurry even sometimes after boot up, the icons wouldn't appear just the names appeard, so it was obvious it had something to do with the ram i installed. What i did is take out the 64mb stick , and now i just have the one stick of 128mb (kingston) and the icons seem fine no problems so far (installed like 10 min ago from positing this). My guess is that because the ram sticks are from diffrent manufacturers they are bumping heads and the fact that mixing speeds is not a good idea , so i guess ill be looking for another pc100 128mb of ram, do you all think its ok if its another brand and not kingston (what i have now) or even a generic brand (there a lot cheaper lol). Tia Ps, I do have another stick of pc133 128mb of ram, but thats sort of a lost cause, i tried to make it work by puting it in my pc by itself , everyway you can think of, and it did not even boot, just showed a black screen. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.717 / Virus Database: 473 - Release Date: 7/8/2004 |
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"Wizard" wrote in message ... There are move options than just pc-100 etc! ....and what might that be Dick? You useless, ignorant piece of Hampton beach crap. |
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