Justiniano
April 20th 03, 05:06 AM
>-----Original Message-----
>I have an AMD 700 mhz with 3 memory slots that had 128
and 32 pc100 sdram. I
>recently installed XP pro and everything seemed OK but
slower than the 98
>was.
>I tried to add a 256 sdram but my board would not boot
or it would not see
>the new ram if it did boot.
>I contacted Kingston and bought the correct sdram
installed it yesterday and
>it worked error free (for about a day, I'll get to that)
>It did not seem to speed things up. Then, Bam, blue
screen (Physical Dump
>IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
>it stated to disable Bios memory options, so I did
rebooted and Bam
>basically same thing.
>Turned the box off, removed my old SDRAMs botted and all
is well!
>
>Why
>and Do I need to upgrade to a 2.4+ board and chip with
XP to really get more
>speed?
>
>Scott
>
>
>.
>
>I have an AMD 700 mhz with 3 memory slots that had 128
and 32 pc100 sdram. I
>recently installed XP pro and everything seemed OK but
slower than the 98
>was.
>I tried to add a 256 sdram but my board would not boot
or it would not see
>the new ram if it did boot.
>I contacted Kingston and bought the correct sdram
installed it yesterday and
>it worked error free (for about a day, I'll get to that)
>It did not seem to speed things up. Then, Bam, blue
screen (Physical Dump
>IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
>it stated to disable Bios memory options, so I did
rebooted and Bam
>basically same thing.
>Turned the box off, removed my old SDRAMs botted and all
is well!
>
>Why
>and Do I need to upgrade to a 2.4+ board and chip with
XP to really get more
>speed?
>
>Scott
>
>
>.
>