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Matt Phelps · 11-14-2001, 05:55 AM

Please help me, I'm extremely green when it comes to this sort of thing!

I saw how cheap RAM is these days and so I bought a stick of 512mb for 50 quid and just tried to install it in my machine, but when I powered up and checked the BIOS it only recognises the memory as 256mb.

The RAM is made by a company called Kingston - 512mb PC133 DIMM CL3 (KVR133X64C3/512)

I already have two sticks of 128 in there and I was hoping to get 768mb with the third stick. My FSB only runs at 100 mhz but I don't see why that should be a problem. (I can't overclock that in the BIOS software because it doesn't appear to be an option). I also tried swapping the RAM over so it was in Slot 0 instead of Slot 2 (making it the first 1 of 3) in case that made a difference somehow, but it didn't.

Can anyone advise me? Have I been shortchanged and given the wrong memory, or have I screwed up somewhere?

11-14-2001, 05:55 AM	#1
Matt Phelps Member (7 bit) Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Surrey, UK Posts: 84	Installing RAM - 512mb only showing as 256mb? Please help me, I'm extremely green when it comes to this sort of thing! I saw how cheap RAM is these days and so I bought a stick of 512mb for 50 quid and just tried to install it in my machine, but when I powered up and checked the BIOS it only recognises the memory as 256mb. The RAM is made by a company called Kingston - 512mb PC133 DIMM CL3 (KVR133X64C3/512) I already have two sticks of 128 in there and I was hoping to get 768mb with the third stick. My FSB only runs at 100 mhz but I don't see why that should be a problem. (I can't overclock that in the BIOS software because it doesn't appear to be an option). I also tried swapping the RAM over so it was in Slot 0 instead of Slot 2 (making it the first 1 of 3) in case that made a difference somehow, but it didn't. Can anyone advise me? Have I been shortchanged and given the wrong memory, or have I screwed up somewhere?