i just found a system in the trash down the street. i know the guy and he is very computer illiterate so i figured maybe it is something easily fixed. Bring it home and turn it on. it beeps at me. long-long-long... i assume this is a BIOS beep code saying some sort of issue. take out the memory sticks and turn it on w/o memory to see if it issues the same code. it does. i assume memory issue. i dig through my box of memory and come up with a 128mb PC133 stick to try, and pop it in. Nothing. Not even a beep code but no monitor or keyboard activity. i remove all accessorie cards except video, (network, sound, modem) then try it still nothing. I thought i would google search and see what i can find on the mobo. it is in a custom case so cannot serach system model #. a search of motherboard model brings up a few vauge references, but nothing helpful. One mentioned it being a Chaintech mobo. can anyone shed some light on this? the mobo says: AGP 6LTM2 M101 BIOS chip is Windbond but that doesn't say what BIOS is programmed into it. can anyone shed some light on this? thanx. btw, i put the other memory chips, which turned out to be 32mb sticks, in a differant system and thye worked fine. thanx for any help. Argue for your limitations and sure enough, they're yours.

The board is a Chaintech CT-6LTM2 & uses PC66 RAM only ASUS A7N8X-X Athlon XP 1800+ 8.5 x 200MHz 1024MB PC3200 2.5-3-3-7 Asus A9550GE/TD 128MB WinME/WinXP Pro SP1

so it isn't backwards compatible? that's why? Argue for your limitations and sure enough, they're yours.