Max 64MB RAM

[David_UK]

My ageing time PC is a useful 2nd PC. It's pretty slow though.
AMD K6-2 at 500MHz
128MB SDRAM in 2 64MB DIMM modules.

This is part of an EVEREST report:
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Memory Controller Properties:
Error Detection Method None
Error Correction Single-bit
Supported Memory Interleave 1-Way
Current Memory Interleave 1-Way
Supported Memory Speeds 70ns, 60ns, 50ns
Supported Memory Types EDO, ECC, DIMM
Supported Memory Voltages 3.3V
Maximum Memory Module Size 64 MB
Memory Slots 4
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1) Does this 'max memory mod size' entry mean I cannot add any more?
2) There are 2 sockets for memory modules - why does EVEREST say 4 slots?

Thanks in anticipation.

 

[starcab]

1)To be sure how much memory you can add,check your motherboard manual,or find info about the m/b on the internet.
2)Propably because it's an old motherboard.

 

[PC eye]

1) Around that time you couold either run two or three 256mb or 512mb PC1600 dimms on a board until newer boards supported 1gb dimms. Your board probably sees a 1gb max there.

2) Everest is not something to even rely on no matter what it says apparently. It also reads cpu temps as being in the mid 70s while the actual cpu temp was seen at the low 40s? Lately everyone has had some problem with it.

 

[jp198780]

im guessing your max RAM is 384MB, my old K6-2 was..

 

[Bobo]

im guessing your max RAM is 384MB, my old K6-2 was..

No it isn't

Most likely, it is 1GB max, with 4 slots.

 

[jp198780]

oo yeah, oops i was thinking of 3, then either 512mb-1gb..

 

[David_UK]

Ok, thanks that's useful to know.
I just tried a 128MB stick from another PC and it seems to register the total of just over 190MB ok. I'll get some more to up it to 256 or 512 - thanks for your advice.

 

[PC eye]

im guessing your max RAM is 384MB, my old K6-2 was..

Old boards with K6 cpus with two dimm slots saw either two 256s or two 512s total. Shuttle had an older K5 board with three 256mb PC133 slots.

No it isn't

Most likely, it is 1GB max, with 4 slots.

The board there only has two dimm slots where two 512s would see 1gb.

Ok, thanks that's useful to know.
I just tried a 128MB stick from another PC and it seems to register the total of just over 190MB ok. I'll get some more to up it to 256 or 512 - thanks for your advice.

A pair of 512mb dimms would top that board off at 1gb. If you knew the make and model board you could look over the specifications to see how much memory is actually supported. Don't expect over 1gb max however.

 

[Bobo]

The board there only has two dimm slots where two 512s would see 1gb.

Oh before he edited it, it said he had 4 slots.

 

[The_Other_One]

Something's wrong here because the fastest K6-2 was 550MHz...

 

[jp198780]

yess, i was thinking the same lol...

 

[PC eye]

He probably has the early Socket A Duron model confused with the Super Socket 7. The AMD K7 800mhz model cpu is the Duron Mobile seen at http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/K7/AMD-Mobile Duron 800 - DHM0800ALS1B.html

 

[David_UK]

Ah yes, you are quite right. Nothing gets by you guys does it!
It's 500Mhz, as you say. I'm mixing up my old PC's.

 

[PC eye]

Gee that's about what I had on an old Soyo board with 512mb of PC133 memory. ouch! that's going back a few years.

 

[Archangel]

One thing for sure... that board wont take 512Mb modules.
considering its a K6, it has SD RAM.. most likely pc-100.

My Socket-A MSI motherboard was capable of handling 512Mb RAM modules, wich was quite a lot back then (3 slots, 1,5Gb max). and that was the a board that came out with the Thunderbird C.
i would say that board supports 128Mb,.. 256 at Max per dimm..
My old A-Open K6-3D motherboard, well i had 256Mb RAM in it totale (1x 128Mb, 2x 64Mb) so i think (yes,.. think) your motherboard would suppert 128Mb DIMM's for sure.

 

[PC eye]

The board I had briefly before moving into the Shuttle with three 256mb PC133 slots was the Soyo model with two PC133 slots with the 500mhz cpu on it. The Shuttle had the Slot A but I never did get my hands on a T-Bird! Those could ring circles around a Duron when you OCed them.

 

[Archangel]

The board I had briefly before moving into the Shuttle with three 256mb PC133 slots was the Soyo model with two PC133 slots with the 500mhz cpu on it. The Shuttle had the Slot A but I never did get my hands on a T-Bird! Those could ring circles around a Duron when you OCed them.

Overclocking a Thunderbird C? i had a 1400MHz one (fastest available) and it was bloody hot

 

[PC eye]

Overclocking a Thunderbird C? i had a 1400MHz one (fastest available) and it was bloody hot

Alright rub it in... rub it in now! At least I managed to skip right over the Duron line however with the Atholon XPs.

 

[Jet]

Is your computer a prebuilt one? Because the manufacturer might have for cost reasons only put two DIMM slots in, even though the chipset could hold up to 4. That's what my old DELL computer was; the chipset could run 3 slots, but you could see where the 3rd one could've gone.

Probably you have a max of 256MB per slot, for a total of 512MB of memory.

 

[PC eye]

The largest size for a PC133 simm was 256mb. I maxed one board with three of those on one old build. Often you may see something that looks like it could have something else there due to a manufacturer using the same board altered for a different model with different features.