Win2k slower boot with extra DDR-SDRAM

[aflyguy]

I had 256megs of DDR-SDRAM installed on my A7m266 and increased that to 512megs. Now it takes almost twice as long to boot. Any ideas why?

Thanks

 

[EmperorRob]

What type of RAM did you get? Are both sticks the same brand?

 

[aflyguy]

The Memory is KINGSTON 256MB 32x64 PC2100 DDR RAM. It has the Nanya chips on the module. Both sticks are the same.

 

[EmperorRob]

Is the only drop in performance you notice during bootup?

Do your programs run faster now?

Also, what kind of bootup options do you have enabled in your BIOS?

 

[aflyguy]

Programs do load faster. Premiere loads in almost half the time. HD access is also measurably faster for both the system disk and my RAID.

The boot time is the only slower function.

 

[Trianon]

I think this is true for SDRAM as well, has to deal with how MTH queries the DIMMs?

 

[Dogma]

Does it do a RAM test at boot-up in the POST?

 

[aflyguy]

RAM test in POST is normal. Slower boot up in Win2k is the only issue.

 

[bigshooter]

I still haven't foudn out the real issue that causes it, but when you put more ram in your startup and shutdown get longer. We haev servers with 2 gigs of ram and it takes 10-15 minutes to shutdown. Probably has to copy a lot of that info back to disc. I'd like to find out the exact cause though if anyone knows. I went from 256megs to 768 on my machine and I noticed longer boot and shutdown times, but I can open proggys faster as well as have 10 porno movies running at once.