On Tue, 2008-05-27 at 14:24 -0400, sbeam wrote:
On Tuesday 27 May 2008 13:16, Miguel Medalha wrote:
Some Tyan boards are known as being very picky with RAM. If you want to avoid problems, you should really stick to the types listed in Tyan's memory compatibility list.
hmm. well the spec sheet just says "unbuffered DDR 266/200" and that is what we got. I never noticed there was a list of "recommended" memory, but your comment made me look and I found one. PQI is not on the list :(
But... we had a similar system with the same mobo and ram stick - only one 512M, not 2x1G like these - that was running for years with nary a hiccup until the disks died. The one we are having problems with was its upgrade/replacement. Maybe this is a problem though.
I recently had a problem upgrading to 2x1GB PC3200 (> DDR 400) in one of my home units. Ultimate solution: tweaked the DRAM voltage to 2.7 volts. Took a long time because I didn't want to fry the DIMMS and there were no specs anywhere that specified the voltage.
But, my *deduced* solution is that the greater capacity at max frequency needed higher voltage to drive the increased speed/capacity (was PC2700 @ 1GB).
Might work for you.
And of course, YMMV, you keep the pieces, etc.
thanks Sam
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HTH