Greetings!
I have an ASUS P4B533; BIOS version 1007; P-4 2 GHZ, and have two 256 Kingston DDR PC2100's.
All was fine. When I tried adding a 3rd piece of the exact RAM, the system wouldn't send a video signal.
It didn't seem to be starting the boot sequence, either. I tried combinations of any 2 pieces of the RAM; even tried mixing in a 4th, and the system started every time, with only one or two pieces in. I tried using the #3 DIMM slot, and again, with one or 2 pieces, the system started fine; but not with all 3 filled.
TECH support first said that it was a known DDR problem; that I needed single sided memory to use all 3 slots. Then they said that it was a known OS problem; that I can't use more than 512 with Windows ME, but that with 2000 or XP, I'd be fine. [If THAT were the case, the system would at least boot!!]
Anyway, I'm aware that certain video cards won't work with more than 512 MBSof RAM without making modifications to the system.ini, VCACHE file. At least with that problem, the system would start with 16 colors. Here, I get nothing.
For what it's worth, I have an ATI Radeon 7500. I can't find anything from ASUS or from ATI.
HELP!
Thank you in advance for your time and consideration.
Ray
I have an ASUS P4B533; BIOS version 1007; P-4 2 GHZ, and have two 256 Kingston DDR PC2100's.
All was fine. When I tried adding a 3rd piece of the exact RAM, the system wouldn't send a video signal.
It didn't seem to be starting the boot sequence, either. I tried combinations of any 2 pieces of the RAM; even tried mixing in a 4th, and the system started every time, with only one or two pieces in. I tried using the #3 DIMM slot, and again, with one or 2 pieces, the system started fine; but not with all 3 filled.
TECH support first said that it was a known DDR problem; that I needed single sided memory to use all 3 slots. Then they said that it was a known OS problem; that I can't use more than 512 with Windows ME, but that with 2000 or XP, I'd be fine. [If THAT were the case, the system would at least boot!!]
Anyway, I'm aware that certain video cards won't work with more than 512 MBSof RAM without making modifications to the system.ini, VCACHE file. At least with that problem, the system would start with 16 colors. Here, I get nothing.
For what it's worth, I have an ATI Radeon 7500. I can't find anything from ASUS or from ATI.
HELP!
Thank you in advance for your time and consideration.
Ray