On 10/2/07, Chris Snow <cr.snow@gmail.com> wrote:

maybe the bios does not support that much in one bay

On 02/10/2007, Kevanf1 <kevanf1@gmail.com> wrote:
> No more questions for today :-)  but how's this for luck?  I bought a
> 1gb stick of 2700 DDR RAM from Crucial.  It was meant for the Kubuntu
> PC.  The manual states it will accept up to 2gb of RAM.  Ok, so I
> thought I'd up it ot the 1gb mark.  Pops it in this morning and it
> will not boot.  No POST nothing... oh dear thinks I :-(  I used proper
> protection in the form of a static guard wrist band properly earthed
> (I always do).  So I tried some other RAM that was 512mb but also
> 2700.  That worked fine.  So I then thought perhaps the RAM was
> faulty..  So I've just tried it in the main PC in the house (the
> Kubuntu PC is in my workshop) and it works a treat :-)  It has speeded
> up this old beast very nicely as before it was plodding along on
> 512mb.  So, that old stick is going to be tried in the Kubuntu PC
> tomorrow but I'm puzzled as to why the 1gb stick didn't want to play.
> I did make sure it was properly seated as well.  I also checked the
> various BIOS settings and they 'appeared' fine.
>
> Most unusual.. but at least it's being used :-)
>
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