I have a (about 10 yr old) PC with an Intel motherboard, running WinXP SP3, which up until recently had a total of 1.5 GB of DDR 400 RAM - ie. 1 GB and .5 GB sticks.
The PC stopped booting and after some trouble shooting I was able to get it running again by taking out the .5 GB RAM module.
I figured I had a bad RAM DIMM.
FYI the remaining 1GB module is a Mushkin "Enhanced" EM3200 #991456 unit.
When I tried however to replace the "defective?" .5 GB DIMM wit a known good RAM, the PC again wouldn't boot.
I wound up removing the Mushkin Enhanced RAM and trying some other DDR 400 PC3200 DIMMs but the PC wouldn't boot - ie, gave 3 beeps...
Looking for some advice on what this "enhanced" RAM is all about and to get a some more ( total of 2GB in the 2 slots) memory do I have to buy another 1GB "enhanced" DIMM for compatibility??
Also;
- can't understand why the .5GB standard PC3200 used to work with the Mushkin and
- why putting in only standard (low density) PC3200 RAM won't allow this 'garden variety' PC to boot...
Thanks and regards.
The PC stopped booting and after some trouble shooting I was able to get it running again by taking out the .5 GB RAM module.
I figured I had a bad RAM DIMM.
FYI the remaining 1GB module is a Mushkin "Enhanced" EM3200 #991456 unit.
When I tried however to replace the "defective?" .5 GB DIMM wit a known good RAM, the PC again wouldn't boot.
I wound up removing the Mushkin Enhanced RAM and trying some other DDR 400 PC3200 DIMMs but the PC wouldn't boot - ie, gave 3 beeps...
Looking for some advice on what this "enhanced" RAM is all about and to get a some more ( total of 2GB in the 2 slots) memory do I have to buy another 1GB "enhanced" DIMM for compatibility??
Also;
- can't understand why the .5GB standard PC3200 used to work with the Mushkin and
- why putting in only standard (low density) PC3200 RAM won't allow this 'garden variety' PC to boot...
Thanks and regards.
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