anybody using a PC with 4 x 256 = 1Gig of memory sucessfully?

[abc]

usually boards that have 4 Dimm slots ... u can only use 3 of them (so u can't achieve 1Gig of memory)

but anybody has had any luck (without using 512MB pieces but with 256MB pieces) and which board you have...


for that matter, how about 3 x 256 for 768 MB of total memory then, what board is good for this?

 

[d33pt]

i've put 3 256mb in my abit bx6-2 before.. i'm sure 4 would've worked..

 

[PowerMac4Ever]

Well, with the Abit KG7 (4 slots, AMD 761), I believe you need the more expensive registered memory in order to fill all four slots.

 

[Amused]

I've got 4 256MB RIMMs in my P4T-E. Works like a charm.

 

[wfbberzerker]

my epox 8k7a only has 2 slots
but even then i only use 1

 

[abc]

powermac, yeah ur right, usually ur best shot seems to be to acquire 4 pieces of ecc memory if you're gonna populate all for slots. more often than not though, people dont plan on utilizing all of their slots until they come across a batch of memory chips, but the chances of having all of them be ecc are super slim. this is something i dont like about motherboard makers and chipset makers, the chipset makers release chipsets that can't handle the 4 slots, and the motherboard makers put more slots just so they can pump their 'specsheet' but when you really want to use them i've seen them either turn a blind eye or just tell you the 4th slot isn't going to work.

 

[bozo1]

It's registered memory you need in most cases, not ECC. Although, most Registered you see for sale also is ECC but it doesn't have to be.

 

[abc]

hmm well what i have is a PIII 773 cpu that needs a home, and i want that home to use 4 pieces of 256MB PC133 unbuffered Crucial Cas2 memory, I suppose I should find some kind of Dual Processor motherboard?

I think they tend to have 4 DIMM SLOTS and since it's a DUAL CPU board it should be better made to actually allow usage of the 4th DIMM SLOT, I guess?

 

[zzzz]

I remember Aopen made a BX board with 4 dimm slots. Now whether that board supports 4*256mb or not, I dont know, but look into that. It would be cheaper than a dual cpu board.