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bupkus

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New question as old was answered.

I have this 333MHz pc I'm working on for a friend. It's got 3 memory slots and 1 had 32MB of PC100 SDRAM. I had this 128MB module of PC133 Kingston ValueRam and couldn't slide it into a slot. I took the 32MB module out to see if it was different and then that wouldn't go back. I took the pc home, romoved the motherboard, sprayed the memory slots with EZ-GLIDE and with much effort managed to get the two modules installed.
However, when I booted, the bios only saw 96MB. What gives? Slot 1 has 32MBs and slot 3 has 128MBs.??

One thing for sure, I'm not gonna remove those memory modules again.
They were so hard to install I thought I had broke one of them when it tilted sideways while pushing on the top.
 
Can you tell what model or chipset the board is? I think it can only use single sided memory. So only 1/2 of the 128MB is seen. 64+32=96
 
Originally posted by: Viper96720
Can you tell what model or chipset the board is? I think it can only use single sided memory. So only 1/2 of the 128MB is seen. 64+32=96
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This is gonna be tough. I onced worked on this pc and tried to figure out the maker of the mobo so I could download chipset drivers.

Here's the larger of the two:

PC100
AGPro
H.T. 82C598AT
9832CE TAIWAN
13G021700

Here's the smaller of the two:

PC100
AGPro
H.T. 82C586B
9831CD TAIWAN
12B014300

I hope this gives a clue.
Thanks for the reply.
 
Originally posted by: frantadr
In some cases (Intel 815 chipset) double sided modules can be only in slot 1 or 2.
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Damn! You mean I've got to yank out that memory and install it again. Ok, it's probably worth the try. I'll put the 128 in the first slot and just boot like that and see.

Ok, I put the memory in the 1st slot and it still reads as 64MBs. Now what? Anybody wanna swap?
 
Yes, chipset is MVP3 in disguise. 128 MBytes per DIMM side is max (in eight chips, 4-chip 128-MByte not supported). See the details in the other thread where you asked the same question.
 
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