SY-K7V Dragon Plus with 3 SIMMS

External Since: Jan 22, 2005 Posts: 1

I thought I'd perform a small upgrade and install a 3rd memory
SIMM. I had 2 256 megs in already, I installed a 3rd,
exactly the same SIMM.
The Dragon can't handle it, computer constantly crashes
or re-boots erratically.
Tried upgrading the BIOS, still the same.
I searched the Web and found a lot of people with the
same problem, but no solutions offered.
Anyone have a solution?

External Since: Jan 11, 2004 Posts: 235

news.astraweb.com wrote:
> I thought I'd perform a small upgrade and install a 3rd memory
> SIMM. I had 2 256 megs in already, I installed a 3rd,
> exactly the same SIMM.
> The Dragon can't handle it, computer constantly crashes
> or re-boots erratically.
> Tried upgrading the BIOS, still the same.
> I searched the Web and found a lot of people with the
> same problem, but no solutions offered.
> Anyone have a solution?

From my knowledge only solution is to use only 2 slots. Dragon+ has this bug
that you just can't use all 3 slots. Why are there...i guess for the same
reason that you can overclock (in theory) fsb up to 233M!!! while in
practice mobo locks up above 150M. I even had problems using only two slots,
so i exhanged my two ram's with one bigger.
Best option is to replace your three SIMM's with one bigger - let's say 1G
instead 3x256M. I bet that many computer shops will exchange it.