Memory Not Adding up

davd_bob · Post by **davd_bob** » Mon Apr 19, 2004 11:47 am

um,
i have 2 128meg single side sticks for 256.
2 weeks ago i added a 512double density i had extra. it shows as a 256.
stable for 2 weeks giving me 512meg and im now at 92fsb with a single 366 until i ship some stuff to kuun and he returns a pair of 366s.

Dave Rave · Post by **Dave Rave** » Mon Apr 19, 2004 6:26 pm

i have 2 128meg single side sticks for 256.
2 weeks ago i added a 512double density i had extra. it shows as a 256.

if that's a bp6, that would be after you added the 512 to the two 128's it still showed as 256.

a BP6 won't take a 512 anything.....
it takes a double sided 256 at most for 3 x 256 = 768Mb

a single sided 256 will show as 128

ggeorgan · Post by **ggeorgan** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 1:40 am

Getting back to the topic, it is not as simple in actual practice as some posts above may suggest :
I have four 256MB memory sticks, one of which has chips on one of its sides only, while the remaining three have chips on both sides. I have noticed that all four of them get recognised as 256MB when put (in succession, of course) in position DIMM1 of the BP6. In positions DIMM2 and DIMM3 all get recognised as 128MB. This is why I would like to hear from somebody who actually has got the a 256MB stick working in positions DIMM2 and DIMM3. It is of no use for me to buy more sticks, if they do not work in positions DIMM2 and DIMM3.

Dave Rave · Post by **Dave Rave** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 4:24 am

I have a BP6
it is my SetiQ server
it has 3 x 256 dbl sided memory chips
it shows 768 mb

I bought 256 singles, and went hmmmm, 128mb, oh yeh, d'oh, stupid me.
and had to buy more, and now I have 256 singles I can't use.

ended up putting themin a friend's Piii and taking his dbl sided's in a swap.
he still has 768, now I do too.

davd_bob · Post by **davd_bob** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 12:57 pm

Dave Rave wrote:
i have 2 128meg single side sticks for 256.
2 weeks ago i added a 512double density i had extra. it shows as a 256.
if that's a bp6, that would be after you added the 512 to the two 128's it still showed as 256.

a BP6 won't take a 512 anything.....
it takes a double sided 256 at most for 3 x 256 = 768Mb

a single sided 256 will show as 128

Dave Rave is correct.

2-128s and a 512@256 is what I have in my BP6. I misspoke

and of course while editing my post guess what???
My first random reboot

happened since adding the 512 that shows up as a 256, and OCing the 366 from 66 to 92FSB.