Biostar m7vkq memory

[tanglefoot]

I just installed a Biostar m7vkq mb w/AMD Athlon XP1800 cpu. I also installed one stick of 512 meg Micron PC133 memory. The problem is, I can't get it to run with the 512mb memory, it will run just fine with two PC100 64mb. I thought the Micron 512 might be bad so I sent it back and got a replacement, but it still will not work with that system. If this has already been posted by someone, I apologize. Any suggestions?

 

[slvr_phoenix]

Well, I wanted to look at the manual for the motherboard, but appearantly Biostar doesn't know how to make a self-extracting ZIP file that actually works. Heh heh. Makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside, eh?

Chances are though that it is probably a density problem. Though usually if it is a density problem then the RAM will still work, but just show up as less than it is supposed to be.

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[DaveP]

Does it do anything at all when you power up?

I'm not really stupid...... I just play one on TV.

 

[tanglefoot]

I did finally get it to work today, but only at 100mhz. It would not work at 133mhz speed, so I guess I will leave well enough alone and get another mb later on. It makes the cpu run at 1.100 gb or so when it should run at about 1.5 gb or so. Thanks for your reply, I really appreciate it.

 

[tanglefoot]

I did finally get it to work today, but only at 100mhz. It would not work at 133mhz speed, so I guess I will leave well enough alone and get another mb later on. It makes the cpu run at 1.100 gb or so when it should run at about 1.5 gb or so. Thanks for your reply, I really appreciate it.

 

[lhgpoobaa]

well there you go.
For some reason that stick of ram doesnt work at full speed.
have you tried turning the memory settings to most relaxed in the bios? that might help.


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[Crashman]

<A HREF="http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/989" target="_new">Sound familiar?</A> I think it's just a crappy board or crappy chipset. But it could be a power or memory problem.

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[tanglefoot]

Thanks Crashman, that answers a lot of questions for me. I should have done more research. Is there a mobo that you would recommend that will do the job without costing an arm and a leg? tanglefoot

 

[Crashman]

I usually recommend the MSI 745 Ultra for almost any XP system, because it's cheap, fast, and stable. From low end to high end systems. Of course it doesn't come loaded with googles of features, but it's cheap enough to largely offset the cost of add in cards.

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