Hi
First time posting on here so I hope that this is in the right place. My computer knowledge is fairly limited.
My system has an AMD Athlon 64 3000+ CPU, running XP Pro SP3. I was running with 2 x PNY DDR400 PC3200 RAM. Earlier this week I tried to add another 1 GB stick of the same type to give the maximum the board will allow.
Unfortunately, this led to a chain of events where I can now only run 1 GB RAM successfully. I think the motherboard is at fault having done all of the following:
Updated BIOS
Changed MB Battery
Checked all DIMM modules - all OK
Tried various combinations of DIMM slots
Even though I did have my system running for some time with 2GB RAM, I now realise on boot that it gave a long beep (SDRAM error) before it started up successfully, so I think there was already a MB problem which has just got worse.
I have two main questions:
1. I have managed to find 4 motherboards which allow a maximum of 3GB (most max at 2GB) which would be a direct replacement for my current socket 754 set up:
Gigabyte
GA-K8N Pro
GA-K8NSPro
GA-K8VT800 Pro
Foxconn / Winfast
K8S755A-6EKRS
Any opinions on best option?
2. Would it be more cost effective to upgrade the motherboard/CPU entirely to get something more up to date? My worry with this is having to buy new memory, graphics card, HDD, etc as a result. My budget is pretty limited, and I don't need an all singing and dancing PC.
Can anyone suggest an alternative which would accept 3.0GB DDR400 memory?
Thanks in advance
First time posting on here so I hope that this is in the right place. My computer knowledge is fairly limited.
My system has an AMD Athlon 64 3000+ CPU, running XP Pro SP3. I was running with 2 x PNY DDR400 PC3200 RAM. Earlier this week I tried to add another 1 GB stick of the same type to give the maximum the board will allow.
Unfortunately, this led to a chain of events where I can now only run 1 GB RAM successfully. I think the motherboard is at fault having done all of the following:
Updated BIOS
Changed MB Battery
Checked all DIMM modules - all OK
Tried various combinations of DIMM slots
Even though I did have my system running for some time with 2GB RAM, I now realise on boot that it gave a long beep (SDRAM error) before it started up successfully, so I think there was already a MB problem which has just got worse.
I have two main questions:
1. I have managed to find 4 motherboards which allow a maximum of 3GB (most max at 2GB) which would be a direct replacement for my current socket 754 set up:
Gigabyte
GA-K8N Pro
GA-K8NSPro
GA-K8VT800 Pro
Foxconn / Winfast
K8S755A-6EKRS
Any opinions on best option?
2. Would it be more cost effective to upgrade the motherboard/CPU entirely to get something more up to date? My worry with this is having to buy new memory, graphics card, HDD, etc as a result. My budget is pretty limited, and I don't need an all singing and dancing PC.
Can anyone suggest an alternative which would accept 3.0GB DDR400 memory?
Thanks in advance
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