problem with kingmax ram

[Entity23]

Hey I just bought a stick of 128 meg Kingmax pc-150. I have an abit ka7-100 motherboard. The thing is that when I put the kingmax stick in no matter what way in the bios i set it for, timing(fast, turbo, medium, normal), cas2 or cas3, it wont boot. Ive tried lowering the speed(fsb+pci), uping the speed(fsb+pci) but cant get anything to work out. Even tried giving the board more juice, not that it would help much. What I guess I am looking for is some info on whether or not this ram conflicts with via chipsets or not. I have the kx133 chipset. Could it be the hardrive? It will boot past the bios, say its verifying pool data, then load windows and hangs there. I put my kingston ram back in at the best timing(turbo), at cas2,and overclocked to 143 and it works just fine.

 

[WebDude]

Maybe the chip has a defective sector? Just guessing. I've run the 150 Kingmax memory on KT7a boards without any problem. There is a memory test that runs off a floppy in DOS mode (I think it's DOC MEM, or something like that). I would give that a shot.

 

[thedarkwolf]

I am running some fine in an abit kt7. Have you tried sticking it into another computer to make sure it works?

 

[Entity23]

actually no I havent, it worked for a few minutes but it was hard to get it to. Could be my old hardrive.

 

[Jhhnn]

If the machine runs with you old memory but not the new and you're sure it's properly installed and configured, then you got a bad stick. Try the default bios settings first, then send it back.

Luck of the draw.