P3BF - 256Mb memory problem

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Laurent

Hello,

Only approximatly 115Mb are regognized on 256Mb SD-Ram.

I've read that it's because the memory sticks are buid with 32 mb blocks.

Does someone know if an update of the BIOS motherboard could be a solution
???

Thank you in advance.

Laurent.
 
Hello,

Only approximatly 115Mb are regognized on 256Mb SD-Ram.

I've read that it's because the memory sticks are buid with 32 mb blocks.

Does someone know if an update of the BIOS motherboard could be a solution
???

Thank you in advance.

Laurent.
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You bought the wrong dimm. No bios change could fix it.

www.crucial.com

/daytripper (Merry Xmas to FAQ #1 ;-)
 
Hello,

Only approximatly 115Mb are regognized on 256Mb SD-Ram.

I've read that it's because the memory sticks are buid with 32 mb blocks.

Does someone know if an update of the BIOS motherboard could be a solution
???

Thank you in advance.

Laurent.
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Older boards require double sided SDRAM. Is the 256 you have single
sided? If so, that's your problem. Return it and get a double sided
256 MB stick.

Pete
 
Older boards require double sided SDRAM. Is the 256 you have single
sided? If so, that's your problem. Return it and get a double sided
256 MB stick.

Pete
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Nope, not that simple. If it was, this wouldn't still be the number one FAQ on
a.c.p.m.a.

Plenty of double-sided 256MB dimms will *not* work on a BX chipset...

www.crucial.com

/daytripper
 
daytripper said:
Plenty of double-sided 256MB dimms will *not* work on a BX chipset...
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Depends on how one understands "double-sided". Having chips on both
sides of a module is not enough; the module must be a double-banked one
(i.e. two banks of 8 16Mx8 chips each, as opposed to one with 16 32Mx4
chips).

Stephan
 
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