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From: gazzanewpy on 23 Apr 2006 05:35 I am running an ECS motherboard and have fitted 512Mb of DDR memory, yet it read as 266. I replaced this with another brand and same result. I have even put in a 256 stick and this came out as 66Mb. I am obviously missing something. I wondered if the memory sticks were buffered and the mothrboard can't handle buffered memory but I cannot find any identifier to confirm this. Can anyone confirm my suspicions or direct me to where the problem may lie?
From: Jan Alter on 23 Apr 2006 07:01 How about finding the model of the mb and going to the ECS site to get the specs. Use Belarc Advisor or Everest, or Aida 32 software programs to help identify your mb if you can't locate its number on the mb directly. -- Jan Alter bearpuf(a)verizon.net or jalter(a)phila.k12.pa.us <gazzanewpy(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:1145784909.550917.138840(a)j33g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... >I am running an ECS motherboard and have fitted 512Mb of DDR memory, > yet it read as 266. I replaced this with another brand and same result. > I have even put in a 256 stick and this came out as 66Mb. I am > obviously missing something. I wondered if the memory sticks were > buffered and the mothrboard can't handle buffered memory but I cannot > find any identifier to confirm this. > > Can anyone confirm my suspicions or direct me to where the problem may > lie? >
From: gazzanewpy on 23 Apr 2006 10:42 Sorry, didn't make it clear. I know the motherboard type and have the manual. The reason for my belief that the fault lies with buffered memory is that the motherboard manual states it won't work. What I cannot identify is if the memory I have is buffered or not; therefore is the fault down to buffering or something else completely.
From: "dawg" <don't on 24 Apr 2006 17:05 If the motherboard isn't new say 3-4 years old you might have trouble with it seeing all the memory. It has to do with low and high densities of the DIMMs. <gazzanewpy(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:1145784909.550917.138840(a)j33g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > I am running an ECS motherboard and have fitted 512Mb of DDR memory, > yet it read as 266. I replaced this with another brand and same result. > I have even put in a 256 stick and this came out as 66Mb. I am > obviously missing something. I wondered if the memory sticks were > buffered and the mothrboard can't handle buffered memory but I cannot > find any identifier to confirm this. > > Can anyone confirm my suspicions or direct me to where the problem may > lie? >
From: gazzanewpy on 18 May 2006 14:18
Thought I would come back and let any future reader know that the issue is BIOS. Flash it with the new BIOS available from ECS and the whole memory is available. A little known comment buried at the bottom of the flash update window tells you this! |