Memory compatablilty

[jf]

I have a Gigabyte GA-5AA motherboard with a AMD K6-2 450MHz CPU. I'm trying to install a Aventec 64MB SDRAM, PC100 7ns memory DIMM on it. The computer will not even power up the monitor. And even without the monitor I can tell it is not loading the operating system. Don't even know if it is getting to the BIOS. The 64MB chip works great in my other K6-2 400MHz machine (don't know what type of motherboard that one has). Does nayone know the problem?

I had initially booted the new motherboard and CPU with an older 32MB chip installed (don't know what type). It worked(s) great on the gigabyte board. Is there some type of shadow BIOS stored on the board with the wrong memory data installed? Is it ok to take the BIOS battery out and erase any shadow info stored on the board, or is the 64MB chip just not compatable?

[daveleau]

Have you tried it in all of the Dimm slots? I have had problems with some configurations on my SOYO mobo. Moving them around cleared everything up.
Hope this helps, even though it is a simple idea
Dave