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I traced this one down to the chip maker (Micron P/N: MT48LC16M16A 75 C TG)
as a 32 MB SDRAM Chip, CAS Latency of 2, access time of 6ns, PC 133 compliant.<br>
The DIMM has 4 chips, thus it should be a 128 MB SDRAM DIMM. The DIMMs themselves
are labled as PC100 128MB CL2.<br>
The only other marking on the DIMM label is a star - is that a brand?<br>
Still I shall take them in to work tomorrow to see if I can check them in
a newer machine (target machine is, after all, from 1998).<br>
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<pre wrap="">Motherboard: ECS (Elitegroup Computer Systems) P6BX-A+ (circa 1998)<br>BIOS: Award, Upgraded to 6.0<br>This motherboard has 3 168-pin 3.3v DIMM sockets, and (according to the<br>manual) can support only "Dual In-line Memory Modules (DIMMs) which are<br>installed with SDRAM (Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory). This<br>motherboard can support 100MHz SDRAM and also 66MHz SDRAM. We recommend<br>that you use 100MHz SDRAM with PC/100 Compatibility..."<br>The manual further states: "The DIMMs can hold memory capacities from 8<br>MB through 128 MM. You can install one, two, or three DIMMs in any<br>combination, up to 384 MB of standard SDRAM."<br><br>The vendor says they have sold me the correct PC/100, 128 MB DIMMs (3 of<br>them), but my BIOS reports that I have 192 MB memory (3 x 64).<br><br>Question:<br>Is there some setting I am missing? I haven't found one yet.<br>Is the vendor full of hooey? Do I have the wrong memory?<br></pre>
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<pre wrap=""><!----><br>One thing you could try is going to the manufacturer's website and looking<br>up the P/Ns of the memory to find out exactly what the vendor did sell you.<br><br></pre>
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<pre wrap="">Is it possible I have a defective motherboard?<br></pre>
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<pre wrap=""><!----><br>Anything's possible, however, I would think that it wouldn't see entire<br>sticks of memory, not that it would only see half of what's there.<br><br>It's more likely that you have incorrect memory for the MB. Either the<br>density is wrong so that the MB isn't addressing it, or the vendor sent you<br>64MB sticks.<br><br></pre>
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<pre wrap="">Any advice or insight would be appreciated.<br><br></pre>
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<pre wrap=""><!----><br>How about guesses? ;)<br><br>Good Luck!<br><br>Rick.<br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://ntlug.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss">https://ntlug.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss</a><br><br><br></pre>
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