madboy33 Posted July 15, 2004 Report Share Posted July 15, 2004 Hi all since my problems yesterday http://www.windowsforum.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=11887 i decided to go and get another stcik of 512mb ramI did so and my computer just keeps restarting, i got to windows once with it but then it crashed after about 10 minutesI swapped the 2 sticks around to see if its a dodgy stick. there are no problems with the sticks So i cant take them back, what do i do?I want to use 1GB of memory but the computer will not let meanyone thinks its anything to do with the BIOS?Also My PSU is 300 wattsHelp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nellie2 Posted July 15, 2004 Report Share Posted July 15, 2004 I was wondering if there was something you needed to tweak in the bios but I couldn't say for sure!!....This is the type of memory you have isn't it? PC2100/1600 non ECC DDR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madboy33 Posted July 15, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2004 hi nellieI have taken out the cd-rw and cd-rom drive as well as the 2nd HDD to see if it is a power problemstill the sameyes its 512mb pc2100ddr 184 pin (64x64) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nellie2 Posted July 15, 2004 Report Share Posted July 15, 2004 Have you had a look in the bios to see if there is a memory setting you should tweak? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted July 15, 2004 Report Share Posted July 15, 2004 Is there anything in the M/B manual?According to the spec (as posted yesterday) it is supposed to accept up to 1GB RAM. Perhaps there is some more detail in the book or on the web site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nellie2 Posted July 15, 2004 Report Share Posted July 15, 2004 Madboy what make is the ram... is it all the same make. Have you tried all the sticks seperatley... does the pc recognise them as 512 when they are in by themselves? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel=UK= Posted July 15, 2004 Report Share Posted July 15, 2004 What make? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madboy33 Posted July 15, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2004 they are all the same guysthey are from PC world Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel=UK= Posted July 15, 2004 Report Share Posted July 15, 2004 dear god pc world you prob would have paid over the odds, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Man Posted July 15, 2004 Report Share Posted July 15, 2004 Tweak your bios (or upgrade it would be even better)You may have to upgrade to support 1024.I noticed (in your other post) Sisoft Sandara shows 512 max. This is crucial, because it's in windows, not just your bios, meaning windows is only supporting 512.My recomendations:1. Upgrade bios.2. Update windows3. tweak bios, untill SiSoft says 1024 is max.# 3 is probably all you have to do, but worth a check for all 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madboy33 Posted July 15, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2004 sounding thick hereBIOS is upgradedwhere in windows do you change to support 1024? where in bios is there to change to support 1024? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvw Posted July 15, 2004 Report Share Posted July 15, 2004 Well done madboy :) Good news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madboy33 Posted July 15, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2004 Problem is now solved guysHad to change the jumpers on the BSEL0 and BSEL1 to slow down the FSB on the memoryvery happy now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted July 16, 2004 Report Share Posted July 16, 2004 :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Man Posted July 16, 2004 Report Share Posted July 16, 2004 Told ya it was a hardware problem........ :rolleyes: Good to hear you got it going though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madboy33 Posted July 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2004 thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted July 18, 2004 Report Share Posted July 18, 2004 where in windows do you change to support 1024?msconfig, BOOT.INI, Advanced Options..., /MAXMEM= Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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