my motherbored has 6 slots for ram

they are in 2 banks on the mb

the first slot in each bank is orange the other 2 purple

looking at it from the top

if the orange slots are filled with 512 cosier ram it works ok

if i fill the other slots with new 512 coiser ram the moniter

wont get a signal ...ie no picture ...

is there a option in the bios i have to enable to ???????

POWER UP THE PURPLE slots .. as they dont seem to work ...

at my wits end ..really pissing me off now ...

and the tech who normally fixes it ..CARNT MEET HIM TILL FRIDAY

soo ive got £150 of ram sitting here doing nothing real tears

ANY IDEAS

 

Might be a dual channel board, meaning you run equal pairs in the first slot of each bank. the memory then runs at faster speed than if in one bank only. Has to be the same memory ie pairs of 256 or 512 etc.

 

S1

yes its dual channel i think but all ram sticks are 512 coiser

all the same ..6 OF THEM

but the orange slots wont work for some reason

i just get no signal to the screen it goes on standby...no picture

when the orange slots have the new ram inserted

so i carnt even check bios EVEN IF I DID KNOW WHAT I WAS DOING LOL

 

Does it work if you just put them in the orange slots???

Because they are different colours they are bound to be different type of slots I'd imagine - you'll prob find its an either/or jobbie!!!

What motherboard is it???

 

its a limited edition jobby games mb i think bios and channels

can i search for the name of it via right click computer properties

its deffo dual bios

i just pay the man

 

it gave me this link via EVEREST evaluation

http://tw.giga-byte.com/MotherBoard/...oduct_List.htm

but im still none the wiser

 

What kind of CPU do you have?

 

pentium 4

 

it works ok for now with 1 gig just wanted to try it out with 3 via

multi threading ..the boost would be AWESOME

shit happens WILL JUST HAVE TO WAIT

 

found more info via belarc

Board: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. 8KNXP 1.x
Bus Clock: 200 megahertz
BIOS: Award Software International, Inc. FE 12/25/2003

mem modules

1024 Megabytes Installed Memory

Slot 'A0' has 512 MB
Slot 'A1' is Empty
Slot 'A2' has 512 MB
Slot 'A3' is Empty

so 2 slots LOST

 

Very interesting first post and could have solved one of my problems.

I get a "no signal" message sometimes after a rebuild but attributed it to a blown motherboard slot or graphics card as the I could get things working on different boards. I dont throw them out so will go and test them now.

As for your problem, no idea.

 

saff_cossie

join the club

loved the reply

the tecs down tomorrow HOPE FULL if not friday

see what happens

your still a cu nt

though

 

What is the exact model number of the board you have?

 

Right,

If you drop a 512 chip into all 3 orange slots does it boot up ?

Then, if you drop a 512 chip into each of the 3 purple slot's does it boot up ?

I have a suspicion, that you can only use one set of slots, unless, there's an option in the bios to enable all 6 to work well. What's the ram limit on the board ? It may also need a BIOS update. And be particular to what manufacturer's ram you put in each of the channels