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Sion · 07-11-2003, 12:08 AM

I have an AOpen AK72 mobo. 3 rams slots. a 128, a 64 and a 32mb chip in them. total of 224mb. so the other day I notice during a reboot that the POST is only showing 192mb. so I double check in system information (win98se) and the same number is showing. so I reboot again and this time the POST doesnt even do a mem-check, but boots fine anyway. so, Im thinking the 32mb chip, being VERY old, is bad, right? so I finally pop it out and put in a 64mb chip I have out of another machine. boot up and guess what? still showing only 192mb. I take this to mean that either the 64mb chip I just put in is also bad, or the ram slot is bad.

besides swapping a bunch of chips in and out, how else can I verify this? I am all out of ram chips to try.

07-11-2003, 12:08 AM	#1 (permalink)
Sion Dumb all over...a little ugly on the side Location: In the room where the giant fire puffer works, and the torture never stops.	how to verify a dead ram slot? I have an AOpen AK72 mobo. 3 rams slots. a 128, a 64 and a 32mb chip in them. total of 224mb. so the other day I notice during a reboot that the POST is only showing 192mb. so I double check in system information (win98se) and the same number is showing. so I reboot again and this time the POST doesnt even do a mem-check, but boots fine anyway. so, Im thinking the 32mb chip, being VERY old, is bad, right? so I finally pop it out and put in a 64mb chip I have out of another machine. boot up and guess what? still showing only 192mb. I take this to mean that either the 64mb chip I just put in is also bad, or the ram slot is bad. besides swapping a bunch of chips in and out, how else can I verify this? I am all out of ram chips to try. __________________ He's the best, of course, of all the worst. Some wrong been done, he done it first. -fz I jus' want ta thank you...falettinme...be mice elf...agin...