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Folks,
I seem to have developed a problem with the system's memory and was hoping
someone may be able to offer some advice.
The system was:
Abit AT7-Max-2
Athlon XP2000
1Gb of Ram consisting of 1x 256Mb Kingtson ValueRam (266), 1x256Mb Aria
Generic DDR266 & 1x 512Mb Crucial DDR400 (Double Sided)
XP Pro Fully patched
This little setup all worked very nicely with the BIOS reporting that it had
stepped down the speed to the lowest common denominator of 266.
I have replaced the XP2000 with and XP2500 and the 2x 256Mb sticks have been
replaced with a single 512Mb DDR333 (Single Sided) from Aria. This is where
the problem starts.
When I try to run the system with the two 512Mb sticks the system stops at
the ESCD update stage.... just hangs.
If I take out the Aria 512 and leave in the Crucial 512... same problem
If I take out the Crucial 512 and leave in the Aria 512 It works!
If I put in the Crucial 512 and the Aria 256, it hangs
If I put in the Aria 512 and the Aria 256... it hangs!
I now take the Crucial 512 and stick it in another machine and it works
perfectly. huh?
Right now I'm able to run the system with just the new Aria 512 stick....
Very frustrating!
Any suggestions gratefully received!
Cheers!
--
Rez Manzoori
Folks,
I seem to have developed a problem with the system's memory and was hoping
someone may be able to offer some advice.
The system was:
Abit AT7-Max-2
Athlon XP2000
1Gb of Ram consisting of 1x 256Mb Kingtson ValueRam (266), 1x256Mb Aria
Generic DDR266 & 1x 512Mb Crucial DDR400 (Double Sided)
XP Pro Fully patched
This little setup all worked very nicely with the BIOS reporting that it had
stepped down the speed to the lowest common denominator of 266.
I have replaced the XP2000 with and XP2500 and the 2x 256Mb sticks have been
replaced with a single 512Mb DDR333 (Single Sided) from Aria. This is where
the problem starts.
When I try to run the system with the two 512Mb sticks the system stops at
the ESCD update stage.... just hangs.
If I take out the Aria 512 and leave in the Crucial 512... same problem
If I take out the Crucial 512 and leave in the Aria 512 It works!
If I put in the Crucial 512 and the Aria 256, it hangs
If I put in the Aria 512 and the Aria 256... it hangs!
I now take the Crucial 512 and stick it in another machine and it works
perfectly. huh?
Right now I'm able to run the system with just the new Aria 512 stick....
Very frustrating!
Any suggestions gratefully received!
Cheers!
--
Rez Manzoori