256MB showing as 128MB... anyone seen this?

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  1. Fly

    Fly inter arma silent leges

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    as title....

    Seems a bit odd to me. It's a 256MB module of generic PC2100 RAM but in my Chaintech Mobo it's showing as 128...

    I'm perplexed.

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  2. VadimtheConqueror

    VadimtheConqueror I love the little tacos...

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    mislabeled ram. same thing happened to my friend.
     
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  3. Fly

    Fly inter arma silent leges

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    well, I thought that. But the chips are labelled up correctly.

    (16MX16)*8

    which is for a 256MB module.

    :blah:
     
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  4. mushky

    mushky gimme snails

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    have you had any other 256 modules in there bud?
     
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  5. Lazy

    Lazy Meow?

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  6. Fly

    Fly inter arma silent leges

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    yeah, I have 3 * 256 modules in there at the moment...

    All showing up fine.
     
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  7. Nedsbeds

    Nedsbeds Badger, Slime, Weasel!!

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  8. Fowler

    Fowler mmm Cosworth

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    this problem has popped up with severall people, must be a solution somewere :)
     
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  9. Shambla

    Shambla What's a Dremel?

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    I am guessing that you have tried the DIMM on it's own without any of the other 256Mb modules in. If it is still detected as 128MB then try it in another system if possible - I had some similar problems recently with my system when one of my 256MB DIMMs died and I added another 2 x 256MB to replace it. In the end I just rearranged the modules until the motherboard was happy, though I did have to use slightly less agressive memory settings in the BIOS to get it running stable.
     
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  10. ajack

    ajack rox

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    I had this same problem. Take it out and clean it well and stick it back in. That worked for me
     
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  11. pranks7er

    pranks7er mange tout

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    how much ram can u board support ?
     
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  12. xen0morph

    xen0morph Bargain wine connoisseur

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    I've had a 128 module show up as 256, turned out to be faulty...

    different situation though.
     
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