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Undeteced RAM
Name: RubixQb Date: March 25, 2004 at 12:38:52 Pacific OS: Win XP CPU/Ram: XP2700
Comment:
ok, i have 2 sticks of 256mb pc2100 and 1 512 pc2100...before i reformatted, 1 gig was detected and has been like that for months. then i reformated a couple days ago and now it only reads 512. the 256 sticks were in the first two slots and 512 in third. ive checked to see if the pair was fried..i even moved around different slots. and nothing was wrong. then i checked the 512 stick...worked fine in all slots. no matter where i put them, it just doesnt detect a gig. what can this be?
Name: wanderer Date: March 25, 2004 at 12:53:57 Pacific
Reply:
Formatting a hard drive has nothing to do with the amount of ram detected. This is a bios issue. Does the bios detect 1gig of ram?
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Response Number 2
Name: RubixQb Date: March 26, 2004 at 14:09:54 Pacific
Reply:
i didnt say it was. i agree that it has something to do with bios. im just saying, that it was fine before i reformatted. now, when you reformat, does it reset bios? im not sure it does. my friend suggested reseting the bios cause i had problems with my other hd i was installing and it would dectect it. but all thats fixed. just now, it only detects 512 and not a gig.
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Response Number 3
Name: Bray (by Jazza) Date: March 26, 2004 at 18:41:01 Pacific
Reply:
Rubix,
Have you tried the following arrangement?:
Slot 1: 512 Slot 2: 256 Slot 3: 256
HTH
Jazza
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Response Number 4
Name: RubixQb Date: March 28, 2004 at 14:24:13 Pacific
Reply:
yes, as a matter of fact, thats what it is set to now. i think ive tried every possible arrangement. and there isnt that many to choose from.
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Response Number 5
Name: Bray (by Jazza) Date: March 28, 2004 at 22:18:19 Pacific
Reply:
Okay,
Just a thought, but are you sure the other two sticks are of the same type as your 512? And that they are securely in the slot?
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Response Number 6
Name: RubixQb Date: March 29, 2004 at 14:29:44 Pacific
Reply:
i sure am. and they sure are. otherwise they all wouldnt have worked before. when i reset the bios, maybe there was something in there that fubared me. is there anything in there that enables more ram or something?
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Response Number 7
Name: Bray (by Jazza) Date: April 1, 2004 at 00:42:52 Pacific
Reply:
Not that I know of...Ill let you know if I think of something I'm sorry I cant be of any further help.
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