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Jimbob7
01-21-04, 03:13 PM
My mate just built a amd setup and when he turns it on it beeps " the memory error way" So he read the manual and it says if he has pc2100 ram he must have all the ram slot filled (all 3 of them). Is this correct i find it SO hard to belieive.

He has a asus asrock mobo.

I dont want advice on how to fix it just is what the manual says correct, or has he interprated it wrong or something :s?!?! Ive never owned or used a AMD only intel so i havent a clue really


Thanks

Scott :)
ayoung
01-21-04, 03:17 PM
No, that doesnt sound right.

What kinda processor does he have?

Adam
Jimbob7
01-21-04, 03:17 PM
he has a througbred 2200+ 266 fsp I THINK
Jimbob7
01-21-04, 03:36 PM
Bump
DarkPurity
01-21-04, 03:52 PM
Is it an SiS chipset?
Jimbob7
01-21-04, 03:53 PM
errr yes :)
Jimbob7
01-21-04, 04:48 PM
bump
DarkPurity
01-21-04, 05:20 PM
Therein lies your problem. You're trying to squeeze a watermelon through a straw, more often than not, with an SiS. I'd get in touch with SiS but I can already tell you they run through a call center and aren't much help. Your best bet is to get an nForce-based board and be done with it.
Jimbob7
01-21-04, 05:25 PM
He has two sticks of ram, if he gets a third and will therefore have all the slots with ram in, will this sort the problem? after ur post im just making sure that it will work. hehe :)
DarkPurity
01-21-04, 05:25 PM
More directly, the mobo's manual is correct. They basically didn't make the board physically capable of handling the 2100 properly because the SiS chipset on the board has trouble with it unless there are more than two chips. When I worked at CompUSA our basic discovery was that the whole reason they put the third slot on certain MSI/SiS boards was for that very reason; after that our tech department went Via and nForce only.
DarkPurity
01-21-04, 05:26 PM
It'll work, just let it run for a bit and make sure none of the capicitors leak.
Jimbob7
01-21-04, 05:27 PM
capicitors? er... lol :p
DarkPurity
01-21-04, 05:30 PM
The little cylindrical thingies that stick up off of the board.
Jimbob7
01-21-04, 05:31 PM
ahhh ok. Anything else? might as well ask as your here :)
DarkPurity
01-21-04, 05:52 PM
Nothing comes to mind at the moment but I'm at work so im distracted.
Jimbob7
01-21-04, 05:53 PM
ok, thanks alot, hes gonna buy the ram tomorrow to if its still beeping at him haha ill post back here :)


Thanks again