I have 6 years old PC with 1.25GB (1GB + 256MB) of DDR2 533MHz RAM. As computer has become very slow and memory usage reaching its limits most of the times, i decided to upgrade RAM. But unfortunately, im not finding retailers selling DDR2 533Mhz RAM near my area.
Since I was not sure mixing up RAMs of different frequencies, i searched in web. Most results said they can be mixed but computer would run at lower frequency of the 2 RAMs. So I bought 2GB DDR2 667Mhz RAM expecting my pc to have 3GB RAM running at 533 MHz.
But computer properties page shows only 2GB RAM. BIOS settings too show the slot with 2GB 667MHz as ACTIVE and other slot with 1GB 533MHz as "NOT INSTALLED". When I removed 2GB RAM, they computer shows only 1GB RAM. So for some reason, 1GB RAM is not getting detected/used.
What is the problem here?
thanks in advance.
Best Answer
Your motherboard could have a low maximum of total memory, 2 Gigs in your case. Otherwise your modules could be incompatible with each other. There some possible reasons and usually it is all about motherboard restrictions. For instance it might not support both single-sided and double-sided modules simultaneously. Other typical problems:
So, at least try to rearrange modules in different ways.