Memory Chip Problems

[mikecaro]

When I had my computer built, I had a 128mb memory chip installed. I've tried to upgrade several times, 2 at 256mb and 2 at 512mb and each time the new chips come up with problems (the one beep at start up and infrequent crash problems). Is there a way to check the slots on the motherboard to see if there is a problem there?

Mike

 

[WarC]

What kind of motherboard is it? And what type and manufacturer is all this memory?

 

[mikecaro]

The mother board is a "VIA 693A ATX Mainboard". The booklet says that it has "three 168 pin DIMM sockets and memory size can be up to 1.5gb with parity/ECC". I've purchased non ECC chips until this last 512mb chip. It was a non registered ECC PC133 chip.

Mike

 

[WarC]

Ok, I'm done looking smart now. I really have no clue what you should do. If I were you, This would be about the time I start bitching and whining to the manufacturer of your board.

 

[brianF]

If your running windows98 it can have trouble with large amounts of ram.

See this article for a entry to correct

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q184447