Memory not recognized

[donna_16]

Hello,
Gigabyte s-series motherboard - GA-M61SME-S2, AMD Athlon 64 x2 bios. I purchaed an additional 2 gb of ram but the system does not recognize it. I have tried several different brands and have also tried putting same brand in both slots - nothing seems to work. Only the memory in slot 2 is recognized. In fact when I put the 2 gb stick in slot 1 the system won't even boot. It just beeps 3 times repeatedly.

I am totally baffled.

 

[DelroyMonjo]

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/256257-30-gigabyte-m61sme-dualchannel-memory-working

 

[inzone]

What is the OS and how much memory total are you trying to install. Are all the sticks the same size and type , have you looked at the QVL for that motherboard. Dual Channel DDR2 800 is the memory for that board and how much video mem is on the video card. That board will only support 8 gb max.

 

[donna_16]

What is the OS and how much memory total are you trying to install. Are all the sticks the same size and type , have you looked at the QVL for that motherboard. Dual Channel DDR2 800 is the memory for that board and how much video mem is on the video card. That board will only support 8 gb max.

OS is XP SP3. Total memory attempted is 4 GB. I have also tried 3. Sticks are the same - PNY and yest I have looked at the OVL. Memory tried is dual channel DDR2 800. Thanks

 

[donna_16]

I have given up and decisded it is a bad slot. Will look at getting new motherboard or new machine.