Ram Problem.

JumpinJellybean said:

Thanks for replies all. I think the guy has either sold me the wrong ram or has tried to pull a fast one or made a genuine mistake.

The ram is Vitesta - Extreme Edition - DDR2 800+ (4) 512MX8. The shopkeeper told me the (4) meant it was actually 2 gig, I assumed he knew what he was talking about running a computer shop. Then when I was trying to find a link to a page with the ram on it for you alphanumeric I noticed the 1 gig sticks also had this (4) in front of 1G, oh dear.

On top of that I tried what you said seavixen32 and this ram froze my comp twice when it was the only one in 2 of the slots

My best guess is the the shopkeeper is wrong

Best advice, dont mix and match. Test results not withstanding, dont mix and match.

If you will install SIW as Doc suggested and CPUz They will tell you a lot of info about your system.

On the stick of ram there should be a sticker that lists the voltage and timings. Try going into bios and making sure the ram voltage and timings are the same as listed on the stick. If you still have problems, I would think alphanumeric is correct.

From what I can find this is made by Adata. The 4 is the CL (Cas Latency) and the 512MX8 means it is 512Mb built with 8 memory chips. So you supplier is wrong.

Jim

Don't overlook the possibility that the wrong label has been applied to the module(s). Both the BIOS and CPUID (and other similar software) get the information about the modules directly from the SPD chip.

His sticker says 512MX8 and shows as 512Mb in his system so the label is correct. His supplier is wrong.

Jim