Problem with RAM

From Motherboard Specification.

hi is exactly one:

Supports PC3200 (400 MHz) CPU FSB 533 /PC2700 (333 MHz) / PC2100 (266 MHz) DDR DIMM type

my interpretation of his image is that when 4 diims are installed the motherboard tries to run them in dual channel.

zungul - there should be a QVL Memory list for your specific motherboard model. Can you find the qvl memory list for your board and verify that your exact dimm brand and module are on that list?

here is a sample qvl for one board (not yours) that shows what i mean. you need to find this list for your motherboard.


qvl list


when people get a large hardware reserved report when running dual channel, it is usually because their memory is not on the qvl list imo

I ALREADY answered for your question about What kind memor. #28
From the computer store (NEW). I don't really understand your question about from where they come.
This is not new purchase I have them already about one year nd they were working perfect.
I told this already 4X in this topic.

"I ALREADY answered for your question about What kind memor. #28"

yes you did, one time in a 7 page thread, you did indeed say exactly what kind of memory you have. Hopefully you can forgive Thrash for not being aware of that.

"This is not a new purchase I have them already about one year and they were working perfect."

Yes, they were working perfectly at 2.75GB useable. They have been at 2.75GB usable since the day you got them. The odds that they were at 4.0GB usable a month ago then suddenly dropped down to 2.75GB are infinitesimally small.

You really need to update your profile system specs. People here who try to help you (for free) are looking at your hardware specs and thinking you are on an ASUS P5K Deluxe/WiFi-AP motherboard. The fact that you said once, in a post a few pages back, that you are actually running an Asus PTGD1-LA (HP Goldfish3), is probably something that few here are aware of. If your profile specs were accurate for your memory and your motherboard, you would find that people are better able to help you.

Having said that, neither HP nor ASUS have published a Memory QVL for that board that I can find.

Power supplies all work with any system if they are rated high enough. Graphics cards work with any system they can attach to. Same with Hard Drives. But memory is different! Because of the unique timing challenges of dual channel that I outlined in post #55, memory is not compatible with a motherboard just because the specs match, it MUST be qualified by the maker of the motherboard for you to be sure it will work perfectly. Your memory is "Value Select", which is a low-end product. It is obvious that it is not fully compatible with your motherboard. No biggie though, because its also not the problem here.

Here's what I think. Your computer slowed down a few days ago and in post #14 you concluded that this is because you are running with 2.75GB of memory instead of 4.00GB. I assert the following as facts:

1) your computer is running slowly and/or poorly
2) Your system has been running with only 2.75GB since the day you put in the memory, which was not a problem a year ago and is not a problem now.
3) Memory is not the problem here. There is some other problem and we need to start over.

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