I'm having problems with my Socket T ECS mobo and the DDR2 Ram I just purchased for it. The mobo claims to be compatible with DDR2 533 but upon startup it recognizes my RAM at half its capacity. It fails to boot because when the DDR2 is in the mobo doesn't find my harddrive. After a few restarts my BIOS detects "128 mb OK" but freezes on the front screen. A few restarts later and the screen is black.
This is a cheap mobo that came as part of a combo deal. I've read reviews from NewEgg that says it has issues with DDR2 until you upgrade the BIOS. The ECS site claims the new BIOS has a "Patch code to fix Realtek clock buffer sometimes couldn't detect DDR2". I upgraded but I'm having the same problems.
Is it my OEM Ram, cheap mobo, or a little bit of both? Thanks for any help.
Intel P4 506
ECS P4M800Pro-M 1.0A
A-DATA V-Series 1GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 533
This is a cheap mobo that came as part of a combo deal. I've read reviews from NewEgg that says it has issues with DDR2 until you upgrade the BIOS. The ECS site claims the new BIOS has a "Patch code to fix Realtek clock buffer sometimes couldn't detect DDR2". I upgraded but I'm having the same problems.
Is it my OEM Ram, cheap mobo, or a little bit of both? Thanks for any help.
Intel P4 506
ECS P4M800Pro-M 1.0A
A-DATA V-Series 1GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 533