no boot with new memory?

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exodus454 · #1 Post by **exodus454** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 7:47 pm

Just got a new 256mb memory chip, installed it in place of one of the existing 64mb chips on my 600e. on boot theres like 4 clicks that come from the speakers and then the system freezes (with new chip installed) before it starts windows.

is the memory defective or is it not supported by the 600e?

specs are:
PC100
142 pin (i think, it DOES fit into the slot in the mobo without force)
mem chips are apparently samsung chips.

JHEM · #2 Post by **JHEM** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 8:34 pm

What model 600E? Not all of them support 256MB sticks.

http://www-306.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... IGR-4E4RG3

How many memory chips are there on each side of the stick?

Regards,

James

exodus454 · #3 Post by **exodus454** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 2:40 pm

its model #2645-4BU, and it has 4 chips/side

it comes up on the bios when you first start the computer in the right hand corner and says "294336 KB OK", and then when its supposed to give you the beep and continue booting, it just starts buzzing from the speakers for maybe half a second and then freezes.

I've tried disabling the onboard 32MB memory as well thinking that if i'm installing PC100 memory and the onboard runs at PC66 that it may be a problem. After doing that and having only PC100 memory in the board, it just wont boot (sits there with power light and HDD activity light solidly lit, and a blank screen). At one point it got far enough to give me a 225 error, which is wrong memory speed in system board. I have the latest BIOS and everything.. do you think the size of the chip is too big, or that it just wont take PC100?

Another interesting thing i found is that all the memory i pulled from the computer was PC66, even though on that link you gave me it says that this model should be able to run PC100 memory.

JHEM · #4 Post by **JHEM** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 4:25 pm

exodus454 wrote:its model #2645-4BU, and it has 4 chips/side.

Wrong memory! You must use lo-density memory which has 8 chips per side, not four, for 256MB sticks.

Regards,

James

exodus454 · #5 Post by **exodus454** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 4:58 pm

[censored].. oh well.. thanks for the help.

do you know any places online where that stuff can be had cheaply?
the standard directron, newegg and mwave dont stock the lo-density..

JHEM · #6 Post by **JHEM** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 5:54 pm

Search eBay (title AND description) for 33L3070, the IBM part number. There's tons of it available and prices have fallen to the $50 to $60 range although it can often be found for much less.

Regards,

James

exodus454 · #7 Post by **exodus454** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 6:00 pm

awesome, thanks

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