SDRAM HELP NEEDED

[brigden]

I've got an Intel 810 mobo and I'm currently running with two 128MB SDRAM sticks, and I was recently given a 256MB SDRAM stick, but when I pulled out one of the 128s and put in the 256, I was told I was still running at 256, when I should have been at 384. I was under the impression the 810 could support up to 512MB.

 

[jonmullen]

Whats the timming on the both chips, is on Pc100 and the other Pc133. Did you make sure that the 128 did not get a little lose when you were messing in the cae?

 

[compudog]

Does the 256 MB board have chips on both sides? How many slots do you have on your board? If you have four slots, put the 256MB chip in slot 1 and the 128 (or both) in slots 3 and 4. It has to do with the way the banks are organized. Each side of each board is counted as a 'memory bank.' So if you have 2 slots, you actually have four memory banks (1 for each side of each DIMM.) Different boards handle RAM in different ways. See if you can find a manual for your specific board (if you don't already have one.) Good Luck!

 

[amdskip]

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