ASUS P5PL2 and RAM

entei26

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Hi people

A year ago I had 1 GB of Ram. This summer, I bought 2 extra 1 gb RAM pieces,
to have 3gb. However as soon as i plugged the 3 of them in, they didnt work,
the computer basically did not boot. I looked around and tried to figure out
why did they not work, what the problem was. I came to the conclusion that
my ASUS P5PL2 doesnt support 3 ram pieces at the same time, that there either
have to be 2, or 4. So i decided to install 2 pieces, and then as soon as
I'd get money for a fourth piece id buy it and install all four.

I bought the fourth piece today, and guess what? I'm experiencing the very
same problem as i had when i had 3 pieces plugged in.


What could be the reason for this? Here's a picture of the inside of my computer

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/6501/dsc00141yd4.jpg

If you could help me I'll be grateful.
Thanks.
 

orhanori

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ASUS P5PL2 motherboard supports max 2.GB of RAM

4 x DIMM, Max. 2 GB, DDR2 533/400 Non-ECC,Un-buffered Memory
Dual Channel memory architecture
* Due to general PC architecture, a small amount of memory is reserved for system usage and thus the actual memory size is less than the stated amount.

http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?modelmenu=2&model=941&l1=3&l2=11&l3=244#