on bord graphics.
i dont understand why it isent reading the other socket?
do i need change anything in bios? im using a AMD.
or is the motherbord broke if so ill take it back and complain.
2007-10-04 01:49:27 · 6 answers · asked by Just Talk 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
Try testing with just one stick at a time to make sure that both sticks are ok. If both are ok, try switching positions of the sticks in the slots. One stick might have just not seated properly the first time around.
PC is only reading 384mb from the 512mb RAM because 128mb has been allocated to integrated graphics.
2007-10-04 02:36:40 · answer #1 · answered by Karz 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you do no longer might desire to replenish all the slots. the present 2 slots with 256 MB Ram each and each should not be moved as a results of fact it is achievable that they are already set up in twin channel mode. Your workstation, Gateway 817GM, specifications states it could use DDR PC3200 (400Mhz, 184-Pin), yet definite it could use PC2700 besides yet may well be slower than PC3200 (400mhz) (in spite of the incontrovertible fact that, people who do no longer use a working laptop or workstation heavily are in many circumstances no longer able to tell velocity distinction between PC3200 and PC2700 besides) one million gb stick might desire to artwork.
2017-01-03 03:01:08 · answer #2 · answered by kickliter 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
make sure you're using the right type of RAM. very new RAM wont work on old boards. make sure your board can support 1G ram, some will support less than that. remove one of the RAM modules, try to boot. check the memory read. remove and repeat with the other (to test if one got damaged by static electricity). if both are working, then maybe the slot is dirty, or its bust
2007-10-04 01:59:13 · answer #3 · answered by billius 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look in the BIOS for the RAM settings, especially those concerning TIMING and VOLTAGE...
bad timing and too low or too high a voltage can cause many of the symptoms you have described...
best is to let the BIOS handle the timings (per SPD) and voltage (AUTO)... and if you have any setting to TURBO Charge the RAM, turn it off.
also check on stick at a time to see if one is bad.
2007-10-04 01:53:59 · answer #4 · answered by Justified 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, do the math. You do not have two memory chip the same. One is 256 and one is 128.
2007-10-04 02:04:44 · answer #5 · answered by ohio44903 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
DDR 2 RAM works in pairs, so two 512MB DDR chips add up to 512MB.
Annex
2007-10-04 02:16:03 · answer #6 · answered by Annex 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋