Some machines cannot handle more than 512mb of memory, or run out of cache for more than 512 megs of RAM.
You may want to try with one 512mb strip first, then work up from there. -JMS |-----Original Message----- |From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of skinky |Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 5:12 PM |To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |Subject: [newbie] Installing new hardware incl. RAM | | |Hi all | |I am about to upgrade the hw in my pc. I currently have: | |1 x 128MB PC133 SDRAM |crappy 1MB S3 PCI graphics card |AC97 onboard sound | |Changing the above with: | |2 x 512MB PC133 SDRAM (not sure whether to leave the old RAM |in also) nVidia GeForce2 MX400 64MB AGP graphics card |Soundblaster Live 5.1 sound card | |If I boot linux after doing the following, is the new hardware |likely to |be recognised? : | |- ensure harddrake and kudzu run on boot, |- shut down the computer |- swap the RAM modules |- install AGP graphics card |- install sound card |- boot into BIOS settings and |- - - disable onboard sound |- - - enable AGP graphics | |Or should I install one thing at a time? Is there anything |tricky I need |to know about installing RAM? I'm just trying to avoid |reinstalling LM8.1. | |Other relevant bits are: Soltek SL-KAV75 mobo and Athlon |TBird 1.0GHz CPU. | |TIA |skinky |-- |But what ... is it good for? |(Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM, 1968, |commenting on the microchip) | |
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