TooL Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 I just bought a 512 module for my notebook to replace the origonal 256 megs, and have allready added 512 of the same ram into the expansion slot. Corsair SO-Dimm pc2100(VS512SDS266) x2, for a Toshiba Satalite A10-S167 Both modules are the same, 512 each. Is it normal for both to end up less than 1024 megs of ram? 1007 megs to be exact, using Memtest86+, with no errors found (which is a good thing). Want the lot numbers for the two chips? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TooL Posted December 2, 2005 Author Share Posted December 2, 2005 Ok.. couldnt let it rest... I checked each module, one at a time, they both came up as 495 megs each instead of 512. Both are diffrent lot numbers, so im going to assume its the notebook being tricky with it. Its Value Select anyway, so im not expecting perfection. ohh no errors with memtest on either module either so it seems fine.. Edit: one other thing I noticed with memtest Settings: RAM 132 Mhz (DDR264) / CAS : 2.5-3-3-6 I cant adjust anything in bios on this notebook.. fun fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted December 2, 2005 Corsair Employees Share Posted December 2, 2005 If you NB has on board Video it may be the MB bios reserving the memroy for Video and if so that is normal. Are you getting any errors in memtest? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TooL Posted January 6, 2006 Author Share Posted January 6, 2006 Sorry for the late reply. Im not getting any errors with Memtest86+, and I think your right. I didnt take into consideration that the video memory is shared, so thats most likely where the missing ram went. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted January 6, 2006 Corsair Employees Share Posted January 6, 2006 No problem, please let us know if you have any more questions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TooL Posted January 15, 2006 Author Share Posted January 15, 2006 If you NB has on board Video it may be the MB bios reserving the memroy for Video and if so that is normal. Are you getting any errors in memtest? No errors in memtest. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted January 17, 2006 Corsair Employees Share Posted January 17, 2006 Thanks for letting us know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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