Mixing Ram

[StarWarsPwns]

Hi, I recently bought a stick of 1GB PC3200 Ram. I want to put it in my comp with my 512 of PC2700. I was told that if I put both in, the RAM should scale to my PC2700. However, when I put it it and turn my comp on. My monitor gets no signal from my comp. It sounds like its starting up fine.

Whats the deal?

Thanks in advance.

 

[lhuser]

mobo specs? Some of them takes dual channel and you hav to install it like this:

1 2 1 2

Instead of:

1 1 1 1

 

[StarWarsPwns]

Sorry man, I don't quite understand what you are saying. I'm not very computer savvy. :\

A friend of mine mentioned something about BIOS configuration.

 

[lhuser]

No. BIOS has nothing to do with this for the moment.

What is your motherboard brand?

First thing's first

 

[StarWarsPwns]

Amd 64 3200+

 

[lhuser]

That is the Processor. The motherboard is like ASUS, ABIT, etc. The procesor does tell me it is a decent board.

Okay, how many RAM slots do you have?

does it looks like this?

 

[StarWarsPwns]

just 2...
thanks a lot for your help btw

 

[lhuser]

2 slots eh? Try this:

Put the PC2700 first, then the PC3200. Always put the lower RAM stick to the left. It causes less trouble

 

[StarWarsPwns]

I tried putting the RAM sticks independently, it worked fine for each.
I tried putting the RAM sticks in together, 3200 in slot 1 and 2700 and slot 2... didnt work. I tried 3200 in slot 2 and 2700 in slot 1 and again it didnt work. :\

 

[lhuser]

...weird. Usually, they do. And it isn't a capacity issue. Let's see. How long do you wait. Sometimes, it takes longer to boot. Mine does that