512MB sticks recognized as 128MB

[darien95]

I purchased 3 sticks of unbuffered 512MB PC133 SDRAM on eBay, and my PC is detecing them all as 128 both when starting up my PC and under Windows XP. The manual says it can support up to 1.5 GB of RAM. These are the specs of the motherboard:

BIOS Version V.993AS/993AN N10 09-07-2000
Award BIOS Type Award Modular BIOS v4.51PGN
Award BIOS Message V.993AS/993AN N10 09-07-2000
Product Information http://www.phoenix.com/en/products/default.htm
BIOS Upgrades http://www.esupport.com/biosagent/index.cfm?refererid=40

North Bridge VIA VT82C693A Apollo Pro133
Supported FSB Speeds 66 MHz, 100 MHz, 133 MHz
Supported Memory Types FPM, EDO, PC66 SDRAM, PC100 SDRAM, PC133 SDRAM

IOS date : 09/07/00
BIOS type : Award Modular BIOS v4.51PGN
BIOS ID: 09/07/2000-693-596-ITE86-2A6LGJ1HC
BIOS Eval : V.993AS/993AN N10 09-07-2000
Chipset : VIA 82C691 rev 68
Superio : ITE 8661/SiS 6801 rev 6 found at port 279h

Multi-Speed Support: provide 66/75*/83*/95*/100/112*/124*/133*/150*MHz Front Side Bus Frequency to support Intel PentiumII / Pentium III, Celeron processor for Slot1 interface or Intel Celeron PPGA on a ZIP Socket 370 interface.

 

[cabose1227]

Does the sticker on the side of the ram say its size, you may have gotten ripped off?

 

[ImSpartacus]

Do you have another PC to try them on? You may have been jipped.

 

[Neuromancer]

Most likely (especially if they were cheap) they were high density ram sticks. Sometihng that your motherboard may not support.

Bios version does not help with model of motherboard. (could probably figure it out, but much easier for you to just say what mobo it is).

Then read the sticker on the the ram sticks.

IE 64x64 or 128x8 etc.

I am signing off for hte night so if you can not figure this out with google and the info you need to look up, I sam sure that posting it here will get you rapid results from someone else