VP6 & PNY PC133 SDRAM?

[JesseKnows]

Hello,

Oldie but Goodie... I have VP6 w/2XPIII/933 @ 133MHz. I have been using three sticks of 256MB Kingston ValueRAM for a long time now. I bought 2X256MB PNY PC133 SDRAM, and tried them in the VP6. The board POSTed, but froze in the beginning of WinXP boot (about 1/10 of the way through the white character-mode progress bar). The documentation I could find claimed the RAM should work in the VIA Apollo Pro 133A - based board. Does anyone else have experience with this combination? Could it be I was too aggresive in the CL setting etc? The Kingston works at the fastest setting even though it is sold as PC100 CL3!

Thanks,

J

 

[ScrapSilicon]

what chips manufacturer on the PNY sticks..?

 

[JesseKnows]

One is Infineon the other has stylized S on the chips - Samsung?

I never tried just one stick, only both together. The memory count was correct (==512MB).

 

[ScrapSilicon]

Originally posted by: JesseKnows
One is Infineon the other has stylized S on the chips - Samsung?

I never tried just one stick, only both together. The memory count was correct (==512MB).

try just the Infineon...then just the Spectek(

) ..the Infineon should work well but S chip ..well its more ymmv than the Infineon..gl and keep us posted on your results..

 

[JesseKnows]

Well, I tried the sticks separately. No surprise, the infineo works fine, and also works together wityh two of the Kingtons.

The S thing just beeps on boot

Back to Staples it goes...

Thanks, all!