memory

[rc]

Hello group,

I apologize if I am not in the correct newsgroup and please direct me if
this the case: but,

Is there any good reason why two seemingly identical memory sticks will not
work together although individually work just fine? I was attempting to
upgrade the memory in the machine below and I ran into that problem.
Previously had 1 stick of 256MB....item number CT32M64S8D7E.BLT. Purchased
the following:
1GB 2 X 512MB PC133 100 SDRAM 133MHz DESKTOP RAM MEM

As mentioned, individually each one works perfectly but whenever I
attempt to boot with both installed I get a system32 error message regarding
drivers. (sorry for not having the exact error message.) thanks in advance
for any help that you can provide.





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Operating System System Model
Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 3 (build 2600) Intel
Corporation
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
1700 megahertz Intel Celeron
8 kilobyte primary memory cache
128 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: Intel Corporation
D845WN AAA64181-300
Serial Number: CFWN21828774
Bus Clock: 100 megahertz
BIOS: Intel Corp. HV84510A.86A.0038.P10.0204151346 04/15/2002
Drives Memory Modules c,d - Buy More
19.99 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
3.46 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

ATAPI CDROM. [CD-ROM drive]
LITE-ON LTR-52327S [CD-ROM drive]

WDC WD200BB-75DEA0 [Hard drive] (20.00 GB) -- drive 0 512
Megabytes Installed Memory

Slot 'J6G1' is Empty
Slot 'J6G2' has 512 MB
Slot 'J6H1' is Empty
Local Drive Volumes

c: (on drive 0) 19.99 GB 3.46 GB free

Logins Network Drives

 

[Ron Badour]

I have not had a lot of trouble with this and normally, I can mix different
brands of ram with no problem. However, yours is not an uncommon
problem--sometimes it just happens. Since it appears that you bought your
ram as a set of two sticks, they should work together and should be under
warranty.

--
Regards

Ron Badour
MS MVP
Windows Desktop Experience

 

[Unknown]

Go to www.crucial.com and input you computer type and model. The site will
tell you everything you need to know to upgrade your system.

 

[rc]

Thanks all

Go to www.crucial.com and input you computer type and model. The site will
tell you everything you need to know to upgrade your system.

Hello group,

I apologize if I am not in the correct newsgroup and please direct me if
this the case: but,

Is there any good reason why two seemingly identical memory sticks will
not work together although individually work just fine? I was attempting
to upgrade the memory in the machine below and I ran into that problem.
Previously had 1 stick of 256MB....item number CT32M64S8D7E.BLT.
Purchased the following:
1GB 2 X 512MB PC133 100 SDRAM 133MHz DESKTOP RAM MEM

As mentioned, individually each one works perfectly but whenever I
attempt to boot with both installed I get a system32 error message
regarding drivers. (sorry for not having the exact error message.)
thanks in advance for any help that you can provide.





Computer Profile Summary
Computer Name: Curtis342 (in MSHOME)
Profile Date: Saturday, February 14, 2009 13:09:11
Advisor Version: 6.0c
Windows Logon: Rob


Click here for Belarc's PC Management products, for large and
small companies.

Operating System System Model
Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 3 (build 2600) Intel
Corporation
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
1700 megahertz Intel Celeron
8 kilobyte primary memory cache
128 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: Intel Corporation
D845WN AAA64181-300
Serial Number: CFWN21828774
Bus Clock: 100 megahertz
BIOS: Intel Corp. HV84510A.86A.0038.P10.0204151346 04/15/2002
Drives Memory Modules c,d - Buy More
19.99 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
3.46 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

ATAPI CDROM. [CD-ROM drive]
LITE-ON LTR-52327S [CD-ROM drive]

WDC WD200BB-75DEA0 [Hard drive] (20.00 GB) -- drive 0 512
Megabytes Installed Memory

Slot 'J6G1' is Empty
Slot 'J6G2' has 512 MB
Slot 'J6H1' is Empty
Local Drive Volumes

c: (on drive 0) 19.99 GB 3.46 GB free

Logins Network Drives

 

[Paul]

Hello group,

I apologize if I am not in the correct newsgroup and please direct me if
this the case: but,

Is there any good reason why two seemingly identical memory sticks will not
work together although individually work just fine? I was attempting to
upgrade the memory in the machine below and I ran into that problem.
Previously had 1 stick of 256MB....item number CT32M64S8D7E.BLT. Purchased
the following:
1GB 2 X 512MB PC133 100 SDRAM 133MHz DESKTOP RAM MEM

As mentioned, individually each one works perfectly but whenever I
attempt to boot with both installed I get a system32 error message regarding
drivers. (sorry for not having the exact error message.) thanks in advance
for any help that you can provide.

Board: Intel Corporation D845WN AAA64181-300

The Winnipeg board uses an 845 chipset.

ftp://download.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/d845wn/A6513601.pdf

( http://developer.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/d845wn/sb/cs-008943.htm )

The Intel chart says, that with SDRAM, the 845 can use a maximum of 3x1GB.

http://www.intel.com/design/chipsets/mature/index.htm

What OS are you using ? It is really WinXP, or some earlier OS ?

For example, Win98 has an issue when more than 512MB is present.
There are some workarounds for that.

With both sticks installed, use another test environment, to verify
the RAM is OK. Try memtest86+ from memtest.org for example. You
can follow up on that, by booting a Linux LiveCD, such as Knoppix,
as proof that some OS works with your new hardware configuration.
This version of Linux, boots from the CD, so doesn't need to be
put on the hard drive at all.

http://www.knopper.net/knoppix-mirrors/
ftp://mirror.switch.ch/mirror/knoppix/ (use 5.1.1CD for example - you'll need a
burner program that handles an ISO9660
format image)

I think on my Asus P4B (845 based) board, I still have 3x512MB of PC133 in it (total 1.5GB).
So the 845 can work with all slots full.

Paul

 

[rc]

It is running Win XP

The Winnipeg board uses an 845 chipset.

ftp://download.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/d845wn/A6513601.pdf

(
http://developer.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/d845wn/sb/cs-008943.htm )

The Intel chart says, that with SDRAM, the 845 can use a maximum of 3x1GB.

http://www.intel.com/design/chipsets/mature/index.htm

What OS are you using ? It is really WinXP, or some earlier OS ?

For example, Win98 has an issue when more than 512MB is present.
There are some workarounds for that.

With both sticks installed, use another test environment, to verify
the RAM is OK. Try memtest86+ from memtest.org for example. You
can follow up on that, by booting a Linux LiveCD, such as Knoppix,
as proof that some OS works with your new hardware configuration.
This version of Linux, boots from the CD, so doesn't need to be
put on the hard drive at all.

http://www.knopper.net/knoppix-mirrors/
ftp://mirror.switch.ch/mirror/knoppix/ (use 5.1.1CD for example - you'll
need a
burner program that handles an
ISO9660
format image)

I think on my Asus P4B (845 based) board, I still have 3x512MB of PC133 in
it (total 1.5GB).
So the 845 can work with all slots full.

Paul

 

[rc]

Thanks all. I just went with adding the one 512 stick and another stick of
128 i had to the 256 already in the machine. I'll go with this for now.
since 2 512 sticks just don't seem to work together...I'll find another
machine to put it in. thanks for all your help.