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Mem chips not compatible with Mobo?

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Name: Javin
Date: April 15, 2002 at 00:12:42 Pacific
Subject: Mem chips not compatible with Mobo?
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My current PC configuration is as below:

MSI K7T Turbo2 Mobo
AMD Duron 1Ghz
OEM GeForce 2 MX200 AGP
Onboard Sound.
6 Gb HDD

My problem is like this:
When i put in my PC133 128MB Kingston RAM,
i can never fresh install my OS. Whenever i run my installation (Win9x,WinME), halfway through the installation it will give me an error and kick me out of installation. (i.e. SUWIN caused an error,etc.etc.) I suspected is the memory so i brought my RAM back to the vendor and he changed another NEW one for me (also Kingston). However, the problem still persist. I know it isn't the BIOs version because according to MSI website my bios version is the only one available and no upgrade is available.

Funny thing was that, i took out another brand TwinMOS and another Kingston PC133 128MB RAM (older version, chips are single sided, the problematic one is double sided) and it works fine! And i put this new Kingston ram into another PC and it also works fine!
According to kingston, they say this model of RAM is compatible with my mobo, but can anyone explain why i am having such problems then??

helpp!! I am afraid of upgrading RAM because of this problem now.


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Response Number 1
Name: BRUNO
Date: April 15, 2002 at 02:58:09 Pacific
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A friend of mine put Kinston valuram in his dell (it came w/ Kingston), and it wouldn't even boot.


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Response Number 2
Name: 666
Date: April 15, 2002 at 06:10:00 Pacific
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I have gotten that error when I tried to use bad ram OR a partically dammaged motherboard


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