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512MB DDR ram showing as 256MB DDR
Name: Chris Mackay Date: November 20, 2003 at 13:24:31 Pacific OS: Windows XP CPU/Ram: AMD Athlon XP 2600+ (2.09
Comment:
hello all, this is my first post and i just bought some 512MB DDR ram and when i boot up it recognizes it as 256MB DDR ram. Can someone please help me?
Name: Adam Lang Date: November 20, 2003 at 13:53:37 Pacific
Reply:
What mobo have you got?
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Response Number 2
Name: Chris Mackay Date: November 20, 2003 at 14:26:40 Pacific
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i have a K7N2 Delta
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Response Number 3
Name: Adam Date: November 20, 2003 at 15:23:13 Pacific
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Argh...MSI crap...oh well, you need to make sure you have the right density RAM:
"Note: nForce2 does NOT supports x4 memory device. 1GB can be made by other density of dram chip such as x 8, x16."
Quote from the MSI web site. That is likely to cause the problems you are experiencing. The other possibility is a mismarked stick.
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Response Number 4
Name: Chris Mackay Date: November 21, 2003 at 22:35:55 Pacific
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DAMN!!!!!! that sux!!! so your sayin that i payed all that money for a peace of CRAP?????? what mobo do you recomend for about $120? cause i might just take this one back and buy myself another one.
Thanks
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Response Number 5
Name: Adam Date: November 22, 2003 at 21:43:18 Pacific
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Can't go wrong with the Abit NF-7s
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Response Number 6
Name: Chris Mackay Date: November 24, 2003 at 23:28:54 Pacific
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