GA-K8VT800 pro, unable to upgrade to 1.5Gb from 1Gb

Toggle sidebar Toggle sidebar
G

Guest

Guest
Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.giga-byte (More info?)

I have 2 memory modules of 512Mb to give 1 Gb, I decided to upgrade to
1.5Gb by adding a third 512Mb to thr 3rd memory slot.
When I added the 3rd memory module the PC wouldn't boot up beyond the
POST.
I have tried to up the voltage by the 2 permissable voltage increses.
+.01V and +.02V both made no difference to the PC.
Is the motherboard able to handle 3 memory modules ?

Many thanks for any help that you can provide.




-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Model Name : GA-K8VT800 pro
--------------------------
M/B Rev : 1
BIOS Ver : F6
Serial No. : 0n0500004
Purchase Dealer : Feb 2004
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
VGA Brand : ATi Model : AIW 9700 pro
CPU Brand : AMD Model : Athlon 64 Speed : +3000
Operation System : Win XP SP : sp1
Memory Brand : Micron Type : DDR
Memory Size : 1024 Speed : 400
Power Supply : 480 W

Extra PC info
memory code:
Crucial CT6464Z40Bl16T
3HDD's
1 cdrom Drive
1 DVD drive

TIA
 
Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.giga-byte (More info?)

hi

maybe! but is all three modules the same brand and the same modell? it's
important to use the same modules in a computer and this is crusial if you
have three or more modules. different modules/brands have different
electrical properties, mixing will be troublesome. as you add more modules
the read/write timings and clock signals will have harder to make it, they
have more memmory modules and longer path to travel.

coco

"AndyMan" <andyman77@totalise.co.uk> skrev i meddelandet
news:8aeb2929.0405201412.27fb22b2@posting.google.com...
> I have 2 memory modules of 512Mb to give 1 Gb, I decided to upgrade to
> 1.5Gb by adding a third 512Mb to thr 3rd memory slot.
> When I added the 3rd memory module the PC wouldn't boot up beyond the
> POST.
> I have tried to up the voltage by the 2 permissable voltage increses.
> +.01V and +.02V both made no difference to the PC.
> Is the motherboard able to handle 3 memory modules ?
>
> Many thanks for any help that you can provide.
>
>
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----
> Model Name : GA-K8VT800 pro
> --------------------------
> M/B Rev : 1
> BIOS Ver : F6
> Serial No. : 0n0500004
> Purchase Dealer : Feb 2004
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----
> VGA Brand : ATi Model : AIW 9700 pro
> CPU Brand : AMD Model : Athlon 64 Speed : +3000
> Operation System : Win XP SP : sp1
> Memory Brand : Micron Type : DDR
> Memory Size : 1024 Speed : 400
> Power Supply : 480 W
>
> Extra PC info
> memory code:
> Crucial CT6464Z40Bl16T
> 3HDD's
> 1 cdrom Drive
> 1 DVD drive
>
> TIA
 
Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.giga-byte (More info?)

If memory serves me correctly your motherboard only supports 4 banks of
memory. As your two existing memory modules are almost certainly
doublesided they each count as two banks, so adding another memory module is
not going to work (as you have discovered).

CrimsonLiar

"AndyMan" <andyman77@totalise.co.uk> wrote in message
news:8aeb2929.0405201412.27fb22b2@posting.google.com...
> I have 2 memory modules of 512Mb to give 1 Gb, I decided to upgrade to
> 1.5Gb by adding a third 512Mb to thr 3rd memory slot.
> When I added the 3rd memory module the PC wouldn't boot up beyond the
> POST.
> I have tried to up the voltage by the 2 permissable voltage increses.
> +.01V and +.02V both made no difference to the PC.
> Is the motherboard able to handle 3 memory modules ?
>
> Many thanks for any help that you can provide.
>
>
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----
> Model Name : GA-K8VT800 pro
> --------------------------
> M/B Rev : 1
> BIOS Ver : F6
> Serial No. : 0n0500004
> Purchase Dealer : Feb 2004
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----
> VGA Brand : ATi Model : AIW 9700 pro
> CPU Brand : AMD Model : Athlon 64 Speed : +3000
> Operation System : Win XP SP : sp1
> Memory Brand : Micron Type : DDR
> Memory Size : 1024 Speed : 400
> Power Supply : 480 W
>
> Extra PC info
> memory code:
> Crucial CT6464Z40Bl16T
> 3HDD's
> 1 cdrom Drive
> 1 DVD drive
>
> TIA
 
Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.giga-byte (More info?)

Looks as if you are right! Both of the memory modules are doubled
sided. Will have to sell of the module I have 😱(
Only way to upgrade then is to get a 1Gb module

Thanks for the tips.

Andy


"CrimsonLiar" <trash@trash.com> wrote in message news:<Cfqrc.56$XG2.3@newsfe6-win>...
> If memory serves me correctly your motherboard only supports 4 banks of
> memory. As your two existing memory modules are almost certainly
> doublesided they each count as two banks, so adding another memory module is
> not going to work (as you have discovered).
>
> CrimsonLiar
>
> "AndyMan" <andyman77@totalise.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:8aeb2929.0405201412.27fb22b2@posting.google.com...
> > I have 2 memory modules of 512Mb to give 1 Gb, I decided to upgrade to
> > 1.5Gb by adding a third 512Mb to thr 3rd memory slot.
> > When I added the 3rd memory module the PC wouldn't boot up beyond the
> > POST.
> > I have tried to up the voltage by the 2 permissable voltage increses.
> > +.01V and +.02V both made no difference to the PC.
> > Is the motherboard able to handle 3 memory modules ?
> >
> > Many thanks for any help that you can provide.
> >
> >
> >
> >


> > --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Model Name : GA-K8VT800 pro
> > --------------------------
> > M/B Rev : 1
> > BIOS Ver : F6
> > Serial No. : 0n0500004
> > Purchase Dealer : Feb 2004
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > VGA Brand : ATi Model : AIW 9700 pro
> > CPU Brand : AMD Model : Athlon 64 Speed : +3000
> > Operation System : Win XP SP : sp1
> > Memory Brand : Micron Type : DDR
> > Memory Size : 1024 Speed : 400
> > Power Supply : 480 W
> >
> > Extra PC info
> > memory code:
> > Crucial CT6464Z40Bl16T
> > 3HDD's
> > 1 cdrom Drive
> > 1 DVD drive
> >
> > TIA
 
Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.giga-byte (More info?)

I'd just like to say that with my 7n400pro2, i can have up to 4 modules and
3 GB
only 3 of these slots can hold double sided modules, and since there isn't
much of single sided around these days, i guess it reduces the motherboard
to having only 3 slots, but 3 is still more than 2.

Check your motherboard manual and see what it says about double/single sided
modules


"CrimsonLiar" <trash@trash.com> wrote in message
news:Cfqrc.56$XG2.3@newsfe6-win...
> If memory serves me correctly your motherboard only supports 4 banks of
> memory. As your two existing memory modules are almost certainly
> doublesided they each count as two banks, so adding another memory module
is
> not going to work (as you have discovered).
>
> CrimsonLiar
>
> "AndyMan" <andyman77@totalise.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:8aeb2929.0405201412.27fb22b2@posting.google.com...
> > I have 2 memory modules of 512Mb to give 1 Gb, I decided to upgrade to
> > 1.5Gb by adding a third 512Mb to thr 3rd memory slot.
> > When I added the 3rd memory module the PC wouldn't boot up beyond the
> > POST.
> > I have tried to up the voltage by the 2 permissable voltage increses.
> > +.01V and +.02V both made no difference to the PC.
> > Is the motherboard able to handle 3 memory modules ?
> >
> > Many thanks for any help that you can provide.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Model Name : GA-K8VT800 pro
> > --------------------------
> > M/B Rev : 1
> > BIOS Ver : F6
> > Serial No. : 0n0500004
> > Purchase Dealer : Feb 2004
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > VGA Brand : ATi Model : AIW 9700 pro
> > CPU Brand : AMD Model : Athlon 64 Speed : +3000
> > Operation System : Win XP SP : sp1
> > Memory Brand : Micron Type : DDR
> > Memory Size : 1024 Speed : 400
> > Power Supply : 480 W
> >
> > Extra PC info
> > memory code:
> > Crucial CT6464Z40Bl16T
> > 3HDD's
> > 1 cdrom Drive
> > 1 DVD drive
> >
> > TIA
>
>
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Latest posts

Moderators online

Share this page

COMPANY
RESOURCES
FOLLOW
Top Bottom