BIOS telling me

[stu]

that my new 72 pin SIMMS are ony 64 bits wide is this right - and does this matter??????? It does do the memory test 3-5 times when I do a cold boot.

[socalgal]

Hi stu

Don't know the answer to the 64 bits question.

Re: 3x Memory Test. In your BIOS, look for something similar to 'Quick Power On Self-Test' and disable. On my Abit BX6-2, this is located in the BIOS Features Setup.

[Banti]

64 bits - no ECC

that is all. These should work no prob.


Banti

[Stan]

And 72 bits : ECC

Stan

[stu]

tks all

[Axel]

I set up my CMOS to only do the RAM check once - default for most CMOS settings is 3 checks, never seen 5 RAM checks - but you can probably set it for that before contacting a psychologist for paranoia counciling. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif

Regardless - it should be something you can configure in your CMOS settings or BIOS feature settings to adjust the number of RAM checks. You should also be able to turn on and off ECC functionality eliminating that issue.

[socalgal]

Thanks Banti and Stan http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

Axel, I've never heard of 5 RAM checks either...



[This message has been edited by socalgal (edited 01-28-2000).]