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Date: | Mon, 17 Dec 2001 23:39:11 -0500 |
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Your mobo may not support that type of 256 Mb DIMMS, check the documentation.When you get a Win protection error and BSOD's, if the DIMM is not bad, it is incompatible.
>Earlier today I attempted to upgrade a beige box (AMD800 w/128MB RAM, W98SE)
>with a 256MB DIMM (Viking PC133). Successful memory check upon boot; but I
>get either a windows protection error when starting windows, or BSODs (vcache
>& vxd errors) if windows actually boots. This occurs whether the new DIMM
>is installed by itself or with the original 128MB (also PC133). In the BIOS
>settings (Award) the options for the DIMM sockets are "Normal", "Fast",
>"Turbo" & "SDRAM 8/10ns". Tried 'em all to no avail. I thought bad memory,
>but that very same DIMM is causing no errors on my own AMD950; been playing
>Max Payne for the past 2 hours with it installed. Any ideas?
>
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