Re: high density ram in old computer ok?

k wright <lwright@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I've got a Shuttle HOT-631 PII which needs more memory. I've tried two
256 meg sticks in it. One sdram dimm had 16 chips and only 128 meg was
recognized as I expected. The other dimm had 8 chips and only 64 meg was
recognized on it.

I ram memtest on the first stick and no errors were seen in the first 4
tests of the first pass so it appeared to be ok.

I googled and found one post where a person claimed it would appear to be
alright until the system actually used the memory.

So is it ok to use a dimm even if the full memory is not recognized?

It probably won't do any harm as such, but you may find the machine to be
unstable with certain applications. (Thats what I found on a similar age
motherboard)

You would be much better off using the correct RAM for the machine.
Use the Crucial memory finder, the prices aren't bad either.
www.crucial.com
or
www.crucial.com/uk for England

Cheers!

--
Graham
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