I have an Athlon XP 1600 and 2 256 meg DDR chips (same type), and an Iwill XP333-R Motherboard
For some reason, the second chip was causing 3dmark and games and such to become unstable.
It did boot into windows just fine.
When I take the memory module out, the system runs perfect, 3Dmark 2001se completes and gives an excellent score.
When I put the same memory module into a friends system with his memory module (he has the same motherboard too), and everything (except he only has 256 megs in the first slot and it's OCZ 333 mhz memory) his system boots and runs 3DMark 2001se just fine
I take it out of his system, put it back into mine, and it starts locking up and crashing games and such again. (especially 3dmark 2001se)
To me, it sounds like a slot problem (the memory voltage, settings are all the same in both systems as to minimize any inconsistances, the fact that it works in his system is very puzzling).
The only problem with the slot idea that i see, is that it has to be a freak accident. Cause we put the same module in the same slot on his board and he has the same board, same bios, all that.
If thats the case, could putting the second module into the 3rd slot work? (I also looked to see if the board supported table free memory which should allow me to put any module anyone, even if the middle slot is empty but I couldn't find out if it did, from my few installations, i would guess not) I tried that in his system, but it didnt boot, I remember also that when I first put the computer together, I put the modules into the 2nd and 3rd slots (none in the first), and it didnt' boot for my system either.
If I can't put it in the 3rd, and for some reason it is the second slot on my system (i checked the layout of the slot, looks clean to me), then I can't get more than 256 megs of ram in the system unless i buy a 512
Well, anyway, any ideas would be great, I dont know what else I can do other than stick with the 256 megs of ram (which, at this point, would be just fine, I just want a decent stable system)
Thnx anyone!
For some reason, the second chip was causing 3dmark and games and such to become unstable.
It did boot into windows just fine.
When I take the memory module out, the system runs perfect, 3Dmark 2001se completes and gives an excellent score.
When I put the same memory module into a friends system with his memory module (he has the same motherboard too), and everything (except he only has 256 megs in the first slot and it's OCZ 333 mhz memory) his system boots and runs 3DMark 2001se just fine
I take it out of his system, put it back into mine, and it starts locking up and crashing games and such again. (especially 3dmark 2001se)
To me, it sounds like a slot problem (the memory voltage, settings are all the same in both systems as to minimize any inconsistances, the fact that it works in his system is very puzzling).
The only problem with the slot idea that i see, is that it has to be a freak accident. Cause we put the same module in the same slot on his board and he has the same board, same bios, all that.
If thats the case, could putting the second module into the 3rd slot work? (I also looked to see if the board supported table free memory which should allow me to put any module anyone, even if the middle slot is empty but I couldn't find out if it did, from my few installations, i would guess not) I tried that in his system, but it didnt boot, I remember also that when I first put the computer together, I put the modules into the 2nd and 3rd slots (none in the first), and it didnt' boot for my system either.
If I can't put it in the 3rd, and for some reason it is the second slot on my system (i checked the layout of the slot, looks clean to me), then I can't get more than 256 megs of ram in the system unless i buy a 512
Well, anyway, any ideas would be great, I dont know what else I can do other than stick with the 256 megs of ram (which, at this point, would be just fine, I just want a decent stable system
)Thnx anyone!
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