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RAM slots not working
Name: frink36 Date: October 9, 2002 at 18:51:02 Pacific OS: Win 98 CPU/Ram: duron/128
Comment:
I have a Duron computer with 3 slots for RAM. I had 128 installed on the first slot. I added another 128 stick to the 2nd slot and it didnt recognize it. After a whole bunch of playing around, I figured out that RAM is not being read from 2 of the slots. Only the first one reads RAM, anyone know why and what to do?
Name: Paul Date: October 9, 2002 at 19:06:37 Pacific
Reply:
what are the mobo and chipset brands? you may have to have ram installed in pairs (ECC, Parity) depnding on the board. but if it has three slots then it probably does'nt (atleast I have yet to see one that did) but if by some chance it does need ECC,Parity ram then you have to get the ram chips in pairs made by the same manufacturer. Hope this helps
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Response Number 2
Name: XxxFrancisxxxUSA Date: October 9, 2002 at 21:00:33 Pacific
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I have come across wirrd setups on motherboards where you have to put ram in the first slot, then the THIRD slot then the second slot.
But are you sure it is the correct type of memory? If you have your board setup manually to run PC133, and you have bought for example, a PC66 or PC100 stick, the system will not boot.
Best thing to do, is take out ALL f the ram, and just put the new one in, and see if that works.
The other thing is the ram MAY be faulty!
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Response Number 3
Name: frink36 Date: October 10, 2002 at 13:32:48 Pacific
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I have tried just putting the new RAM in and it only works in the first slot. I am sure it is PC133 because the current RAM that was in there was PC133. Im sure its not the RAM.
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