On Mon, Jan 13, 2003 at 01:14:15PM -0800, John B. Moore wrote:
> Cliff Wells wrote:
> >I take it you mean 64MB DIMMS <wink>.
> Of course, my bad...
> >Why not use 2 256MB DIMMS? Cheaper, faster and easier to find.
> According to my motherboard doc, 64 is the largest DIMM allowed.
> >I've had a couple of mobos that supported both SIMMS and DIMMS. The
> >DIMMS always worked better. However, you might check your BIOS settings
> >to make sure that the memory is configured properly. Many BIOS' will
> >let you set timing and other things associated with RAM. Sometimes
> >tweaking these can make a difference.
> >
> According to my motherboard docs there is no "switch" settings, it auto
> configures..
> >You might also try passing mem=512M on the boot line.
> Yes, I've tried that and I get a kernal panic.. (see response to
> other messages)
I've got a pair of VA503+ boards here, which also allow both SIMMS and
DIMMS. Only once have I attempted to use 72 pin SIMMS in either board,
and that attempt did not meet with success. It MAY be that I needed to
enter the SETUP util and change the RAM timings to be something suitable
for that form of RAM, but somehow I had the idea that the board would
take care of that for me. After a little bit of time fooling with it
I put the PC100 DIMM back in it and gave up. One question, of course,
is how similar is a 503+ to a 502.
Does anything else boot on it? have you tried DOS/Windoze? How
about MEMTEST86 ? (free from www.memtest86.com) Checked the FIC web
site for a FAQ or troubleshooting info?
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