Which memory for a 164LX motherboard?

Ricardo Ramos ricardo.ramos at terra.com.br
Sun Apr 4 01:36:31 UTC 2004


I have an 164SX, and a pair of normal DIMM SDRAM PC100 works without 
problem.

Damien Dye wrote:

> Axianet.ch - Steven Moix wrote:
>
>> So, my second post today but I learn more on this list than ever :)
>>
>> At home I have a 164LX motherboard with a 533MHz CPU but I didn't manage
>> to make it boot, it makes 5 beeps (manual indicates that the RAM is not
>> detected). So my question is, which RAM do I EXACTLY need to run on this
>> mobo?
>>
>> In the presentation manual
>> (ftp://ftp.digital.com/pub/Digital/info/semiconductor/literature/164lxmpb.pdf) 
>>
>> there is only written:
>>
>> Synchronous DRAM (SDRAM) memory subsystem includes:
>> –32MB to 512MB memory
>> –Two banks of 128-bit memory
>> –168-pin unbuffered SDRAM DIMMs
>>
>> For me that means normal DIMM sticks by pair (non ECC, non registred and
>> maximum 128Mo) but it didn't work here. I tried with:
>> 2 128Mo PC133 Kingston sticks
>> 2 128Mo PC133 NoName sticks
>> 2 256Mo PC133 Apacer ECC Registred sticks
>
>
> I do believe my LX164 alpha uses 2x crucial 128Mb (16*72) sdram pc100 
> ecc cl2 unbuffered
>
> crucial code ct16m72s4d8e.18T
>
>>
>> All with no luck...Is my board dead or am I wrong somewhere?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Steven
>>
>>
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