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More info?)
You're welcome. You know, one other thing crosses my mind...have you tried
the RAM in a different slot(s)?...and have you tried one stick at a time to
verify that they both work?
--
Robert J. Salvi, Ambiance Acoustics
http://www.ambianceacoustics.com
San Diego, CA USA
(858) 485-7514
"News" <news@news.net> wrote in message
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> There are indeed chips on both sides of the sticks. My guess is that it
> has
> to do with the timing, but I can't prove that yet. I have memory4less
> sending me some different sticks.
>
> Thanks for the help.
>
>
> "R. J. Salvi" <rjsalvi@ambianceacoustics.com> wrote in message
> news:nslyd.38890$gd.15541@twister.socal.rr.com...
>> Do the memory sticks have chips on both sides, or just one? The 2668 can
>> only address 512MB/bank. If your sticks only have chips on one side, then
>> you're asking the board to address 1GB/bank...which it cannot do.
>> However,
>> if the sticks *are* double-sided, then check to see if one of them isn't
>> seated correctly. Beyond that, I dunno.
>>
>> --
>> Robert J. Salvi, Ambiance Acoustics
>>
http://www.ambianceacoustics.com
>> San Diego, CA USA
>> (858) 485-7514
>>
>> "News" <news@news.news> wrote in message
>> news:qa_xd.1786$i11.447844@twister.southeast.rr.com...
>> >I just purchased an S2668 motherboard, with dual 3.06 ghz Xeon CPUs. I
>> >also
>> > purchased two one-gigabyte memory sticks (full specs here:
>> > http://www.memory4less.com/m4l_itemdetail.asp?itemid=2507683).
>> > However,
>> > the
>> > motherboard only recognizes them as 512MB sticks.
>> >
>> > I tried changing the BIOS settings to manually use the CAS2.5 settings
> of
>> > 7-3-3, but no luck.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Any other thoughts?
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
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