Which memory for a 164LX motherboard?

[Ricardo Ramos]

Use PC100, not PC133
You can use ECC, but not edo, nor buffered or registered. SDRAM, only.

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
>
>All with no luck...Is my board dead or am I wrong somewhere?
>
>Thanks
>Steven
>
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