Ram not being detected fully.....

davoc

I recently bought myself 512 mb of PQI 133mhz ram to upgrade my system from 128. was going to have the 512 in one pc and give my 128 mb stick to another pc.
Problem is though, that the motherboad wont recognise all of the ram. Its a single 512 dimm.
My motherboard, a Soyo 6vba 133, according to the manual and the online documentation, is capable of taking upto 1.5 gig of ram. i.e. 2 of the slots take 512 max and the other 2 take 256 max.
When i put the memory into dimm slots 3 and 4 it is only detected as 128 mb (quarter of what it should be!!) and in slots 1 and 2 it is detected as 256 mb.
Anyone have any ideas on why its not recognising the full amount?
im thinking a bios flash might do it, but the last time i tried to flash the bios, it stalled half way through and i was just glad when the system booted up again.
i tested the memory in another machine aswell, and it detected it fully as 512 mb, so the actual ram itself is fine.
thanks........

Saruman

I think a bios upgrade is best thing to do.. though could be just one of those little things that this particular manufactureres mem not compatible? unlikely but i know its possible as i have seen it before. Most likely bios though..

EvilGeorge

If you do a BIOS flash and it messes up, if your in warranty dont tell them youve flashed it or thats the end.

But if it can support the dimm its worth a shot.

What about just the 512 on its own in various slots ? (ignore this line - because I cant read)

It could be just plain incompatibility , I know some kingston ram will not work in my mates machine.

saik

just stick it in and wobble it about a bit.
always works.

yellum

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