RAM Problem ("Not Initialized")

[eliasd]

Hi,

I was trying to upgrad e a friends PC RAM last night and ran into the following problem.
The PC has 3 SDRAM slots, one of which was used by a 128 MB chip.
I then installed a 512 MB chip in the next slot, and when I booted up the PC it only detected 512MB.
I then checked the BIOS and noticed that the status of the slot that I had insterted the 128MB chip was "Not Initialized".
I then tried swapping the chips around in different slots and combinations and laywas got the same thing.

I was just wondering if anyone has seen this issue before and knows how to fix it ? or if it is simply a hardware limitation of the motherboard.

Thanks

Elias

 

[DragonQ0105]

Most likely a limitation of the board. My old motherboard only accepted 2 Sticks of RAM if they were both the same size.