BE6 Won't detect 256Mb Stick of Ram

[BarnyardMonkey]

Having a problem with my BE6 not wanting to pick up a 256Mb PC133 Stick of Ram.
is only picking it up as a 128Mb stick.

the board supports up to a 256Mb stick of ram,but won't pick mine up right.


so was hoping maybe someone can help me out with this problem.

The Ram is 256Mb PC133 Kingston.
Infineon Chips/8 Chips on one side (32x8)


Specs:
BE6 (Not latest Bios)
Cel2 700@874
Win98SE
384Mb Ram (tried 256Mb Stick by itself)


Thanks for any help.



Shawn.

 

[Helznicht]

Try:

Possible Reason

 

[BarnyardMonkey]

Thanks for link.

still not sure what the prob is.

all i know is,the board said it supports the 256Mb Sticks,ECC.
i have had kingston Ram in this system before (but only 64Mb Sticks) with no problem.

the 256Mb stick has the 8 chips on one side.
32X8 Chips.
so not sure what that exactly means.


Thanks for input though.



Shawn.

 

[AndyHui]

Your 256MB DIMM is probably high density ??x4 RAM. Much of the very cheap RAM floating around is this high density type. It is incompatible with Intel chipsets.

You need a 256MB DIMM of ??x8 type.

 

[BarnyardMonkey]

AndyHui, all i know on the Ram is the markings i posted.
what do you mean by ??x8?

seems i may need to get another stick,just curious what i should get.



Shawn.