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Why is it not desirable to have more than one dimm of PC133?  I am running 2
(256mb) ????
"Rod Speed" <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Barry Ward <baz@powerup.com.au> wrote
> in message news:3a52273d@grissom...
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> > I recently put together an AOPEN AX3S based system where
> > I bought all the parts from a dealer in Brisbane. I also bought
> > from him  a stick of 128 Meg of Pc133 (Kingmax) memory.
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> > The memory stick would not work - so I bought a cheaper
> > 64 meg stick from another dealer and this worked fine.
>
> > Took the 128 meg stick back to the original dealer and got it
> > replaced with 2x64 meg sticks ---  BUT these will not work either.
> > No matter whether I use them singly or in any combination
> > ---only the 64 meg stick from the second dealer will work.
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> > Now, am I missing something here -is it possible
> > that 3 sticks from this dealer can be bad??
>
> More like not bad, just not doing PC133
> properly if you are running them at 133MHz.
>
> Just force the original dealer to give your money back.
> He legally has to do that when they clearly wont work
> in that motherboard which obviously isnt defective when
> the 64MB dimm from the other supplier works fine.
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> Its not as desirable to have more than one dimm with PC133,
> so you'd be better with a 128MB dimm that works than a pair
> of 64MB dimms if you can find one that works in that motherboard.
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