MB ram question

[earth4x]

I was just wondering, i have an old 256mb 266mhz stick hanging around and i wanted to know if i can put it in an MSI 865Pe Neo2-Platinum which supports ECC memory... judging by the 4 year old memory stick i think it's NON-ECC... can this cause problems with the computer like crashes or blue screen?

 

[miahallen]

Yes you can, just because a MB supports ECC...dosen't mean it's required.

 

[earth4x]

DAMN... what could be causing the problems i have :/

could it be because it's old memory or because my board just doesn't support that noname company?

 

[Crashman]

What processor, video card, and power supply are you using?

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[4Ryan6]

With the capabilities of your M/B it seems a waste to be running 266 RAM, even though the Motherboard can run it, that would be like crimping a waterhose, but you could do it and if you're having problems you may need to adjust your RAM timings, you didn't mention the other RAM modules you're running but if they're not the same speed as the 266 but faster then you would be at a serious disadvantage to run the 266 because the other RAM modules would clock down to 266, and you would seriously crimp your performance.





MSI 865PE NEO2-PLATINUM

CPU
• Supports Intel® Pentium 4 Northwood/Prescott (Socket 478) processors.
• FSB 400 (for Northwood only), 533, 800MHz
• Supports up to 3.6GHz or higher speed.


Chipset
• Intel® 865PE Chipset
- Supports FSB 800/533/400MHz
- Supports AGP 8X interface
- Supports DDR 400/333/266 memory interface

• Intel® ICH5 Chipset
- Hi-Speed USB (USB2.0) controller, 480Mb/sec, 8 ports
- 2 Serial ATA/ 150 ports
- 2 channel Ultra ATA 100 bus Master IDE controller
- PCI Master v2.3, I/O APIC
- Supports both ACPI and legacy APM power management


Main Memory
• Supports four unbuffered DIMM of 2.5 Volt DDR SDRAM

• Supports up to 4GB memory size without ECC
• Supports Dual channel DDR266/333/400/433/466/500/533 MHz and up. (DDR433/466/500/533 are overclocking spec, also refer to User's Manual)


DDR433/450/466/500/533 Memory Modules Qualified Vender List
DDR400 Memory Modules Qualified Vender List

Slots
• One AGP slot supports 8X/4X at 0.8V (AGP 3.0) or 4X at 1.5V (3.3V is not supported)
• Five 32-bit v2.3 Master PCI bus slots (support 3.3V/5V PCI bus interface)


BIOS
• The mainboard BIOS provides "Plug & Play" BIOS which detects the peripheral devices and expansion cards of the board automatically.
• The mainboard provides a Desktop Management Interface (DMI) function which records your mainboard specifications.


On-Board IDE
Dual Ultra DMA 66/ 100 IDE controllers integrated in ICH5
- Supports PIO, Bus Master operation modes
- Can connect up to four Ultra ATA drives
Serial ATA/ 150 controller integrated in ICH5
- Up to 150MB/s transfer speed
- Can connect up to 2 Serial ATA drives


Audio
AC97 link controller integrated in Intel® 865PE Chipset
6-channel audio codec Realtek ALC655
- Compliance with AC97 v2.3 Spec.
- Meet PC2001 audio performance requirement


LAN
Realtek® 8110S
- Integrated Fast Ethernet MAC and PHY in one chip
- Supports 10Mb/s, 100Mb/s, 1000Mb/s
- Compliance with PCI 2.2
- Supports ACPI Power Management


On-Board Peripherals
- 1 floppy port supports 1 FDDs with 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88Mbytes
- 1 serial port COM1
- 1 parallel port supports SPP/EPP/ECP mode
- 8 USB 2.0 ports (Rear x 4 / Front x 4)
- 1 Line-In / Line-Out / Mic-In audio port
- SPDIF Out-Optical audio port
- 1 RJ45 LAN jack


Dimension
ATX Form Factor: 30.5 cm (L) x 24.5 cm (W)


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[earth4x]

Well i ain't running any other ram modules, i just put this ram in cuz i didn't have anything else.. and it's only one stick but the thing is i'm getting blue screens and crashes related to memory faults

 

[fishmahn]

Do you have your memory clock running at 133? I don't know P4 bios' very well, but if you're running an 800fsb cpu and trying to run the memory at 1:1, I'm surprised it boots at all. If what I've gleaned is correct, your cpu:ram clock should be set to 3:2 (or is it 2:3 - probably 3:2) so you don't overclock your RAM.

Mike

 

[earth4x]

I do i set it like that in the BIOS? i know it changes from board to board but what's the stuff i should look for?

 

[fishmahn]

Yes, it's changed in the BIOS. I have no idea what it looks like, but it's probably in chipset options or advanced options, and having something to do with FSB/RAM ratio or something like that. Sorry I can't be more help...

Mike.