Finally decided to upgrade the memory of my old Athlon PC from 1Gb to 3Gb.
MB has 3 DIMM slots for a total of 3Gb.
MB manufacturer indicates max RAM allowed is 3Gb.
Bought 3-1Gb RAM modules
Plugged them in and turned it on, only to have it hang just after POST but before WinXp logo
BIOS indicates there is 3Gb of Ram on system.
However,
If I just load 2.5 GB(2-1Gb + 512Mb) the PC boots up fine.
No matter which 1-Gb module I swap out for the
512Mb, it still boots……which would indicate that the RAM modules are OK??
Is there something in the BIOS settings I’m not seeing or are the MB specs incorrect??
Motherboard: KT266 Pro2-RU (MSI MS-6380 2.0)
BIOS: AMI V2.0 (latest flash)
Memory: Kingston PC2100 RAM modules
OS: WinXP Pro sp3
Thanks in advance
Don
