Hi all Today I bought all the parts for a new pc and installing everything went fine, the only problem is that my system says that there is 256mb installed in stead of the 512mb that is installed. I installed a single 512MB DDR PC 2700 stick of memory, but my system only displays on the post screen 256 MB. Does anybody have a suggestion to fix this problem. Thanks in advance. My system: Asus A7V8X-X AMD XP 2600+ 512 MB DDR PC2700 Asus FX 5200 128 MB WD 80 Gb 7200RPM
Wow thats a strange one seeing as its a single 512mb chip and that the usual maximum for each slot is now a gb. Try having a play in the bios. 'User define' the speeds etc Or try another 512mb stick.
You may have accidentally been sold a 256MB stick. It's happened to me before. If it not displaying 256MB and you paid for 512MB, it doesn't matter if it's defective or was accidentally sold to ya: you paid for 512MB, and that's what you should get.