Two sticks RAM only one shows up. VIA-MiniITX

[paulkruger]

I have a re purposed Seagate Mirra Personal Server that I have flashed to the default VIA bios. The original box had only 64MB Ram so I ordered two PC133 sticks of 1/2 Meg for the boards total capacity of 1GB Ram. The system only sees one stick of RAM. I have switched slots to see if one stick might be bad but system starts okay with either stick in slot O.

I am installing "Damn Small Linux" as all I want is a file server.

Any ideas?

[COLOR=#800000]Model:        ST30000000ET[/COLOR]
 [COLOR=#800000]P/N:        9DD838-560[/COLOR]
 [COLOR=#800000]S/N:        3PM1W7V2[/COLOR]
 [COLOR=#800000]MAC:        00 40 63 E8 EB[/COLOR]
 

 [COLOR=#800000]RAM:        64MB - 168 Pin DIMM    -  PC100/133[/COLOR]
 [COLOR=#800000]CPU:        C3, 533MHz[/COLOR]
 [COLOR=#800000]MOBO:    EPIA  5000V REV.3[/COLOR]
 

 [COLOR=#800000]BIOS:        Award  Flashed to default.[/COLOR]
 [COLOR=#800000]        Socketed  PLCC chip.[/COLOR]
 

 [COLOR=#800000]HDD:        Seagate  500 GB – Barracud 7200.9 - ST3500841A[/COLOR]
 [COLOR=#800000]        S/N:    3PM1W7V2[/COLOR]
 [COLOR=#800000]        P/N:    98D038-520[/COLOR]
 [COLOR=#800000]        Firmware:    3.AAE[/COLOR]
 

 [COLOR=#800000]VIDEO:    Composit and S-Video out.  Also Video in on board.[/COLOR]
 

 [COLOR=#800000]Chipset:    VIA VT8231[/COLOR]
 

 
[LIST=1]
[*][COLOR=#800000]Internal low     profile PCI slot[/COLOR]
[*][COLOR=#800000]IDE     connectors[/COLOR]
[/LIST]

 

[Yellowbeard]

First guess is that you have PC133 made with ICs that are of a higher density than your chipset/memory controller can handle. What are the spex on the chipset/memory controller in that setup?

 

[paulkruger]

How do I determine that?

 

[Yellowbeard]

Post the chipset and memory controller model numbers here. Then, see if you can find the chipset spex online. Post a link if you find them.