🚀 go-pugleaf

dr who wrote:
> have a msi k7t266 pro 2 mainboard with 1600mhz athlon processor.
> running win98se
> have a 256mb ddr  pc2100 (266mhz) memory chip, recently tried adding another
> 256mb 333mhz chip, which resulted in startup problems and windows failing to
> load,
> messages included ...
> problems with  vtd, ntkern, initialising device ios, ndis, vcache, etc
> most times couldn't get as far as safe mode, even when could and used norton
> utillites to test memory , nortons reported memory problems,
> bios registers the ram and have tried changing sdram settings in the bios
> setup, with no luck,
> when using  the 333mhz chip alone windows becomes unstable, back to using
> original pc2100 chip and it now registers 262mb in memory count at
> startup....
> anybody any ideas?
> is this a compatibility problem between the different speed chips?
> msi have yet to reply and list no bios updates, or mention of any problems
> mixing chips , on their website.

   I'm not sure about this, but it appears, from the symptoms you are describing that someone sold you
a slower DDR ram chip, but told you it was faster. The other possibility is that you have ECC DDR memory
installed and your motherboard does NOT support such a function. That will cause problems for you.

   The solution for the first probability is to lower the ram speed to as low as it will go. If this works then
my fist assumption is correct. If NOT then the memory chip is bad and you need to get a replacement. The
second solution is a lot harder to diagnose. You'll have to take the chip to s PC shop that can test the
memory module for you. or simply request a replacement module

   Hope this helps some.

   Lots of luck to ya.

   Bill

Mismatched pairs of memory modules do not work well or at all with this
board.

Try running with "Load BIOS Setup Defaults" in the "Advanced Chipset
Features" in the BIOS Setup Menu.  Your current memory timings appear to be
too aggressive for the 333MHz memory stick but are just fine for the 266MHz
stick.

"dr who" <who@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:3ef57fe9$0$59958$c30e37c6@lon-reader.news.telstra.net...
> have a msi k7t266 pro 2 mainboard with 1600mhz athlon processor.
> running win98se
> have a 256mb ddr  pc2100 (266mhz) memory chip, recently tried adding
another
> 256mb 333mhz chip, which resulted in startup problems and windows failing
to
> load,
> messages included ...
> problems with  vtd, ntkern, initialising device ios, ndis, vcache, etc
> most times couldn't get as far as safe mode, even when could and used
norton
> utillites to test memory , nortons reported memory problems,
> bios registers the ram and have tried changing sdram settings in the bios
> setup, with no luck,
> when using  the 333mhz chip alone windows becomes unstable, back to using
> original pc2100 chip and it now registers 262mb in memory count at
> startup....
> anybody any ideas?
> is this a compatibility problem between the different speed chips?
> msi have yet to reply and list no bios updates, or mention of any problems
> mixing chips , on their website.
>
>
>
>