Tyan S2668 memory issue

External Since: Dec 21, 2004 Posts: 1

I just purchased an S2668 motherboard, with dual 3.06 ghz Xeon CPUs. I also
purchased two one-gigabyte memory sticks (full specs here:
http://www.memory4less.com/m4l_itemdetail.asp?itemid=2507683). However, the
motherboard only recognizes them as 512MB sticks.

I tried changing the BIOS settings to manually use the CAS2.5 settings of
7-3-3, but no luck.

Any other thoughts?

External Since: Sep 09, 2003 Posts: 42

Do the memory sticks have chips on both sides, or just one? The 2668 can
only address 512MB/bank. If your sticks only have chips on one side, then
you're asking the board to address 1GB/bank...which it cannot do. However,
if the sticks *are* double-sided, then check to see if one of them isn't
seated correctly. Beyond that, I dunno.

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>I just purchased an S2668 motherboard, with dual 3.06 ghz Xeon CPUs. I
>also
> purchased two one-gigabyte memory sticks (full specs here:
> <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.memory4less.com/m4l_itemdetail.asp?itemid=2507683" target="_blank">http://www.memory4less.com/m4l_itemdetail.asp?itemid=2507683</a>). However,
> the
> motherboard only recognizes them as 512MB sticks.
>
> I tried changing the BIOS settings to manually use the CAS2.5 settings of
> 7-3-3, but no luck.
>
>
>
> Any other thoughts?
>
>