Why is it that my sony vaio laptop recognizes only 64mb of the 128mb memory that I took out from my Dell?

Question

When the memory is installed in the Dell laptop (pentium 2), it is recognized by it as 128mb but when I transfer it to the Sony vaio laptop (pentium 3), the latter recognizes it as only 64mb.

Answer 1

Can you turn the dell on without any memory modules installed? I'm wonderin if the dell has 64mb build into the logic board and the memory module you have in your hand is a 64mb modules so the sony is reading it correctly (as well as the dell). Search for the model number of the memory module online and it should tell you how large it is.

Answer 2

My gut instinct, assuming the 128mb of ram is one memory module, is that your pentium 3 laptop does not accept memory modules any bigger than 64mb. How many memory modules, number of expansion slots, does the pentium 3 laptop have? You might have to purchase another 64mb memory module, assuming it has more than one memory module for the laptop.

If you are installing two 64 memory modules however I would say either one of the DIMMs, expansion slots, is malfuncting in the pentium 3 laptop or 64mb is too large for one module so it only reconizes it as two 32mb memory modules, but I don't think that is the case.

I am assuming both memory modules are made by the same company? If one memory module is made by lets say Kingston and the other memory module is made by Micron, then the pentium 3 laptop may not be compatible with either Micron or Kingston.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

look on kingstons website, the motherboard may not accept anything more than 64mb sticks so it is defaulting to the max it can see

Answer 5

you motherboard may not access 128M.or it is bad in one shot .if you memory is not some is may happen too .so you can try to clean the memory and chance the shot in you motherboard .i think it must became fine.

Answer 6

Was it two chips? Perhaps one wasn't put in all the way. Or perhaps one is busted. Even worse, perhaps the socket is busted.