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by pinoy_teknik 2 views

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Here i have Duron-750, 6.5 GB Samsung Hard drive, Soltek SL-75KAV for my motherboard, S3 Savage 4 32MB for my video card, Realtek NIC, and 2x64MB=128 MB of SDRAM...

I am going to upgrade a memory....i have only one free dimm bank on my motherboard so i buy a new 64MB SDRAM...i put it in the bank......So know, i have 192MB SDRAM..

BIOS IS IN DEFAULT SETTING.

I boot it up...the bios memory checkers starts to count and it detects 192MB so its ok...

But when windows starts....Error Occurs saying "Error in Accessing the Registry"....and Exlorer.exe has performed illegal operation...and a button there..."OK"..so you don't have option you're going to press that button. After pressing that button, the computer reboots...and go to Scanreg...for backing up the registry....and reboot and scanreg again....every booting...

so in that case i say, it is the new memory, so i troubleshoot the new memory....

(TROUBLESHOOTING THE NEW MEMORY)
First i removed the 2 old memory the systemrun ok..
i put only the 2 old memory..the system run;s ok...
So i decided that it is not a memory...

and now a reinstall the system with 192 MB..the problem persist again...

i remove one of my old memory so it will be 128MB (the new one and the old one)...it runs ok...
Then i back again the another old RAM...and the problem persist again....

For this time...i don't know what to do....how can i run the system with 192MB of memory. Is there i need to change in the BIOS?

IS using 192MB of RAM is better than 128MB? is there a big difference? or it will give me...a problem like this??

HOpe!!!

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by dmiles

The more memory the better and it should add performance to your computer.

Check the motherbaoard manual or or look up the motherboard on the web and then check to see how much memory it will support and what type of memory is to be used

The BIOS is detecting the memory ,but can be causing the error message which you may be able to clear by flash updating the BIOS.

Boot the computer and when the startup screen appears press the key to enter BIOS setup,chec the memory line to see if it is set to 192m,memory setting may be limited to 128m,so it would be best to check motherboard manufacturer's web site.

by Member 33712138

Sounds like the new RAM isnt compatible with the old RAM. Most probably a speed issue. Is the old RAM PC100 or PC66? I presume the new is PC133. Try tweeking the RAM settings in the BIOS.

If you get no joy, try putting the RAM in different slots. Some MB's seem to like the biggest memory in one particlar slot.

by hwin

The Award BIOS has a setting in advanced for paging the memory. Disable this setting.

by pinoy_teknik

Is set disable already...

I also try to enable it....but is does'nt work...
So i set it back to disable...
Thanks for reply....

by daz'n'ash

I would make sure that all the ram chips are PC 133, and make sure that ne of them is not PC 100. That can cause a problem for some computers too. Another thing to check is the specification on the soltek site as to the maximum amount of memory the board supports. I think you would be okay with this, since most Soltek SL series boards have a maximum 1.5 gig memory capacity. Also check Soltek web site for any utilities that you could use to stabilise the OS like the 4-in-1 driver.

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