Argonath RPG - A World of its own
Argonath RPG Community => Hardware/Software support => Resolved issues => Topic started by: [NP]Monte Montague on November 28, 2010, 03:26:13 pm
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So I bought some computer memory for a computer a week ago.
The information is below (taken from the sticker on the card)
ADATA 0706
PC2-5300-1288
256 MX64 250 DIMM
2GB DDR2 677 MHZ CL5
The problem is, I bought it from an eBay merchant, he has no more and I need more, but I cannot find it, I also am not sure if I do find one if it'd work with this same card, as the card before I had did not work with the new one (x3 512mb - 443hz ea)
Any help is appreciated.
This is kind of my last resort.
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Any other DDR2 RAM is compatible with other ones.. just look for RAM that is the same speed as the other as otherwise they operate acording to the slowest.
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Any other DDR2 RAM is compatible with other ones.. just look for RAM that is the same speed as the other as otherwise they operate acording to the slowest.
I had this card and 3 512mb, 445hz ones, I put them all together and when I tried to turn it on it went "BEEP BEEP", so I took it at and kept the 2GB only.
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Check your motherboard's manual for beep codes. Could've been that just one of the sticks were broken..
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Check your motherboard's manual for beep codes. Could've been that just one of the sticks were broken..
I doubt it, all of them work, but not all together.
This is my motherboard
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c00864946&lc=en&cc=us#N66 (http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c00864946&lc=en&cc=us#N66)
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Then most likely one of your RAM slots on your motherboard is faulty.
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Hi InfernalCurse,
Not all RAM modules work with each other, even at the same speed! (depends on how the motherboard wants them to work) I try to make sure that they are from the same manufacturer, and even then I try to make sure they are all single or double sided (chips on both sides or just the 1 side) having single and double sided chips together is not a healthy option!
Hope That Helps!
Happy Gaming
Regards,
DellStorm
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Motherboards can only support a pre-desiganted amount of RAM. If you turn the PC on and there is constant beeping, then your motherboard cannot support the amount of RAM you have added in.
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Maximum HP/Compaq approved memory is 4 GB*
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32 bit PCs cannot address a full 4.0 GB of memory.
Assuming you are running a 32-bit system.
Seeing as the specification makes what I said before irrelevant on some levels, the only thing that remains is what Icy has already stated - one of your memory slots is faulty. I have had the same error as you have in an older build of mine. How did I fix it? I plugged a spare 512mb RAM chip into the slot to cancel it out on startup, leaving me with one 2GB chip in one slot, and a 512MB chip to cancel out the other.
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It's as branded PCs are very capricious about the components you put in them. Sometimes the bios is made to work only with certain things that the company sells you for a premium. In short, build yourself a new one.
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So I have 1 from here, exact kind
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2GB-Adata-DDR2-533-2-G-GB-PC2-4200-DDR-PC-4300-DIMM-RAM-/290492557542?pt=UK_Computing_ComputerComponents_MemoryRAM_JN&hash=item43a2b4a8e6 (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2GB-Adata-DDR2-533-2-G-GB-PC2-4200-DDR-PC-4300-DIMM-RAM-/290492557542?pt=UK_Computing_ComputerComponents_MemoryRAM_JN&hash=item43a2b4a8e6)
If I purchase another will my computer be able to handle 4gb? or is that the maximum?
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XP Service Pack 3 or higher, supports 4GB and higher. It would work.
The reason your old setup of memory didn't work : 2GB, and 2 of 512 MB, is probably because 2GB ussually doesn't co operate with 512MB due to the difference in memory.. Atleast, thats what i had. 1GB does cooperate with 2GB. 512 MB didn't, with my old pc atleast.