3 sticks of DDR 2100 256mb ram does not work?

fps justin · January 20th, 2007

i tried all the sticks, they work fine, but when i try to use all of them at once, it doesn't work. This is an old socket 478 mobo i believe. 1.8ghz willimette. The mobo is by MSI and only has 3 DDR slots. I'm trying to max out the ram, to a total of 768mb, but it will not boot windows.

Mithosphere · January 20th, 2007

does it boot with only two installed?

**stinger608** · January 20th, 2007

of course not, they are not all of the same make!!! If you check out MSI's web site, look under the supported ram, and check out the max ram that it shows, it will most likely show you nothing near 768mb of ram let alone a bunch of different makes of ram!!

fps justin · January 20th, 2007

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Originally Posted by stinger608

of course not, they are not all of the same make!!! If you check out MSI's web site, look under the supported ram, and check out the max ram that it shows, it will most likely show you nothing near 768mb of ram let alone a bunch of different makes of ram!!

mixed ram usually doens't matter. Right now, it is booting with 2 sitcks of ram. Gets 512mb. If i remember correctly, most mobos of this time usually support up to 1gig.

Although, this is one of the crappier ones. I tried to put in a geforce 2MX400 but i think its 8x agp and the mobo only supports 4x. LOL

**One4yu2c** · January 20th, 2007

Can you get into the BIOS with all three sticks installed? It's possible that with all three kits installed, the default timings are too tight than what one of the sticks is capable of.

wtcnbrwndo4u · January 20th, 2007

Williamette was S423. I do not think motherboards supported more than 1GB, but I'm quite unsure of even anything higher than 768MB. Did you try different arrangements (like slots).

**One4yu2c** · January 20th, 2007

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Originally Posted by wtcnbrwndo4u

Williamette was S423.

They had s478 versions as well, at higher clockspeeds.

wtcnbrwndo4u · January 20th, 2007

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Originally Posted by One4yu2c

They had s478 versions as well, at higher clockspeeds.

Lol, I'm still stuck in my Dell days man... Dell never upgraded their mobos until a new system came out... well, barely upgraded. I didn't know they existed.

fps justin · January 20th, 2007

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Originally Posted by wtcnbrwndo4u

Williamette was S423. I do not think motherboards supported more than 1GB, but I'm quite unsure of even anything higher than 768MB. Did you try different arrangements (like slots).

all slots work fine.

So i should try loosening the timings? i think the timings are all the same but i'm not sure about that. Two of the sticks doesn't say anything at all. Only this one crucial one says anything on it.

**One4yu2c** · January 21st, 2007

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Originally Posted by fps justin

So i should try loosening the timings?

Yes, you should

January 20th, 2007	#1
fps justin Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 1,199	3 sticks of DDR 2100 256mb ram does not work? i tried all the sticks, they work fine, but when i try to use all of them at once, it doesn't work. This is an old socket 478 mobo i believe. 1.8ghz willimette. The mobo is by MSI and only has 3 DDR slots. I'm trying to max out the ram, to a total of 768mb, but it will not boot windows. E2140 @ 375 x 8 = 3.0ghz 2x1 ocz system 1337s pc2-6400 5-5-5-15 @ 450mhz gigabyte P35 S3L eVGA 7600GT Stock 120 gig seagate ULTRA X-Finity 600w Sonata 2 w/ top fan G5 Lazer Mouse

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stinger608 Silence..Or I kill you! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: In the Zone! Posts: 2,834 Blog Entries: 1	Re: 3 sticks of DDR 2100 256mb ram does not work? of course not, they are not all of the same make!!! If you check out MSI's web site, look under the supported ram, and check out the max ram that it shows, it will most likely show you nothing near 768mb of ram let alone a bunch of different makes of ram!!

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