Ram

[Stuart]

Hi

I have three RAM memory slots on my Motherboard (KT400-8235). I had two 512Mb sticks in two slots (PC2700 DDR SD RAM) and decided to add a third. No matter how I arrange them, the PC will only boot with two 512 sticks in. I get a blue screen with error message (Can't find file xxxxxxx) when trying three 512 sticks. Any ideas?

Stuart.

[Guest Wolfeymole]

Hello Stuart

 

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Ok two things, have you made sure that the other stick is PC2700 and will the board support more than 1024mb of ram?

[Stuart]

Hi Wolfeymole

 

Thanks for your response.

 

Yes, the three sticks are all identicle.

 

Stuart

[Stuart]

Hello again Wolfeymole

 

The board is supposed to support up to 2Gb RAM

 

Stuart

[maynardvdm]

Hi

Some RAM sticks work in pairs so to get 2GB you need 2 X 1GB RAM sticks.

(Can someone just verify this is correct or not)

[RandyL]

I'm sure I'll get re-educated for saying this but that's ok with me.

 

I think DDR SDRAM or DDR RAM for short is meant to be run in pairs.

For best results I think it's preferable to also pair up by size.

For instance 512x512 and 1024x1024.

 

To pair up different sizes might reduce the functionality.

 

RandyL