ECC RAM

[mentalindustrie]

Hi

Motherboard is ASUS A7V-VE

I have installed some RAM in my grandads computer, he had 128 so i put in an extra 128 except it was ECC (im not to sure if it registered) if it is registered then thats why its not working

from the manual "This motherboard does not support registered memory".

The bios does not detect it neither does windows xp.

however cpuz does tell me about it ie it knows its there. (i found out about the registered ram not working later so didnt pay attention to that)

can anyone think of anything else that may cause this.

thanks

Edited February 28, 2006 by mentalindustrie

[nmX.Memnoch]

It's probalby Unbuffered ECC. Registered ECC is keyed differently so it won't even fit in the slot if the motherboard doesn't support it. Also, if the system supported Registered ECC then it would require it.

However, your problem isn't whether or not it's Registered. The A7V-VE doesn't support ECC memory.

Edited February 28, 2006 by nmX.Memnoch

[mentalindustrie]

The manual says it supports ECC. is it because i have mixed non ecc with ecc.

if so is it likly that there is a setting i can disable so it doesnt use the ecc?

[ripken204]

try only the ecc and take the other out

[nmX.Memnoch]

The manual says it supports ECC. is it because i have mixed non ecc with ecc.

if so is it likly that there is a setting i can disable so it doesnt use the ecc?

Try what ripken204 mentioned first...try just the ECC stick to make sure it will work with the motherboard. If it works there should be a setting in the BIOS to turn off ECC. There's still no guarantee it'll work with mixed memory types though, even with ECC disabled.