maybe the bios does not support that much in one bay On 02/10/2007, Kevanf1 <kevanf1(a)gmail.com&gt; 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 :-) > > -- > ============================================== > > Kevan Farmer > Linux user #373362 > Staffordshire > > _______________________________________________ > Staffslug mailing list > Staffslug(a)staffslug.org.uk > http://www.staffslug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/staffslug > _______________________________________________ Staffslug mailing list Staffslug(a)staffslug.org.uk http://www.staffslug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/staffslug

On 02/10/2007, Jonothon Nihill <jonothon.nihill(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > maybe it needs some kind of bios update? > > > On 10/2/07, Chris Snow <cr.snow(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > > maybe the bios does not support that much in one bay > > According to the manual it should.... and I happen to have a BIOS update all ready to install :-)))) -- ============================================== Kevan Farmer Linux user #373362 Staffordshire _______________________________________________ Staffslug mailing list Staffslug(a)staffslug.org.uk http://www.staffslug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/staffslug

I've had that before I even purchased ECC ram before not knowing what it was only to find it didnt work because the motherboard didnt support it.

I learned a lot from that mistake and check everything about twenty million times before I buy it :P