Can a BX board handle 512MB Pc-133 modules?

[bluemax]

If I can throw high-density 512MB sticks onto my classic BH6 mobo, I can get the RAM I need on the cheap! 😀

Anyone know if it cane be done, or do I need to look for an Intel 815 mobo? 🙁

 

[microAmp]

I checked out Crucials site and the ABit site. Crucial only showed a max of 256MB for a slot and ABit showed a total of only 786MB for all 3 slots used, so I would really doubt a 512 MB would be able to be used in the BH6 motherboard.

The i815 chipsets if I remember right max out at 512 MB total.

ABit: http://www.abit-usa.com/produc...egories=1&model=98
Crucial: http://www.crucial.com/store/l...odel=BH6&submit=Go

 

[bluemax]

So far my research is turning up "NO". Though there's very few mobos that WILL take it! that VIA 133 chipset, P4's etc.

The 815 indeed has a 512MB maximum.

*sigh* if only I hadn't sold that VIA Tualatin board I had.... but it might not even take 512's!

I might need to find a cheap P4+SDRAM mobo combo! Almost not worth the effort!

 

[Budman]

Grab yourself a ECS K7S5A and a cheap sempron . 🙂

 

[bluemax]

Originally posted by: Budman
Grab yourself a ECS K7S5A and a cheap sempron . 🙂

Sensible option! The only downside is that you only have two PC-133 RAM slots, not the three I was hoping for. 1024MB isn't bad but I'd like the option of moving to 1.5 or 2.0GB in the future.

I think I should just squeak by on 768MB and move to s939 A64 when I can afford a complete upgrade.

 

[footbal07]

i had a 1.0x bh6 that i recently breathed new life into it. my manual says that it can run a maximum of 384mb of ram, but after flashing to the ss bios i was able to run a 256, and 2 128s of pc 100 for a total of 512 with no problems. i tried running it with the 256, a 256 of 133 and one of the 128s but it wouldnt recongnize over 512. it is also now running a p3 650 and waiting on 2 200gig seagates.