Memory upgrade - please help

[Anatol]

Hi,

I have Dell Precision Workstation 410. The manual says that the system
accepts 168 pin 256MB 72x32 PC100 ECC Registered SDRAM DIMM. Well, I
bought Infineon HYS72V32201GR-8-C2 modules, which have exactly the
same specifications. However, the memory is not accepted by the
system. The originally installed module also has the same
specification, but works. What is the difference? Where to look else
when buying memory?

Thanks in advance for help.
Anatol.

 

[Dave C.]

Hi,

I have Dell Precision Workstation 410. The manual says that the system
accepts 168 pin 256MB 72x32 PC100 ECC Registered SDRAM DIMM. Well, I
bought Infineon HYS72V32201GR-8-C2 modules, which have exactly the
same specifications. However, the memory is not accepted by the
system. The originally installed module also has the same
specification, but works. What is the difference? Where to look else
when buying memory?

Thanks in advance for help.
Anatol.

It is not unheard of for a new RAM module to be defective. -Dave

 

[JS]

(e-mail address removed) (Anatol) wrote in

Hi,

I have Dell Precision Workstation 410. The manual says that the system
accepts 168 pin 256MB 72x32 PC100 ECC Registered SDRAM DIMM. Well, I
bought Infineon HYS72V32201GR-8-C2 modules, which have exactly the
same specifications. However, the memory is not accepted by the
system. The originally installed module also has the same
specification, but works. What is the difference? Where to look else
when buying memory?

Thanks in advance for help.
Anatol.

Go to the various manufacturer sites and use their memory selection
utilities.

 

[Al]

Hi,

I have Dell Precision Workstation 410. The manual says that the system
accepts 168 pin 256MB 72x32 PC100 ECC Registered SDRAM DIMM. Well, I
bought Infineon HYS72V32201GR-8-C2 modules, which have exactly the
same specifications. However, the memory is not accepted by the
system. The originally installed module also has the same
specification, but works. What is the difference? Where to look else
when buying memory?

Thanks in advance for help.
Anatol.

There should be some memory settings for Latency in the BIOS. Try the
fail-safe settings or experiment with them.

To see if the memory is defective install only the new module you got
in the first socket and see if your computer boots to 250 MB with the
fail-safe BIOS settings. Sometimes changing the order of the memory
modules helps with timing problems.

What really matters is not what they say the module is but rather the
speed of the individual chips printed on them in nS and the number of
chips. Your new module should have 16 chips, 8 on each side, or it is
the wrong "density" of memory.