CELSIUS M410 - RAM & BIOS Problem

[morphcore]

hi folks.<P>i got a celsius m410 with <BR>2x 256MB, DDR, 333, CL2.5 ECC RAM<P>now i bought one<BR>1024MB, DDR, 333, CL2.5 ECC RAM<BR>to expand the memory.<P>when the 1GB-RAM is installed onto the MB<BR>(into the 3rd RAM slot) and i start my computer the screen stays<BR>black, but the computer boots normaly (HD spins, Fans spin etc)<P>when the other 2 RAM's are not installed<BR>and i only install the 1GB-RAM the problem<BR>stays the same.<P>so i tried to update my BIOS with the BIOS<BR>update shown in the driver download area<BR>on this homepage (my pc ID is YBTB009083).<BR>when i try to install the update via floppy<BR>onto my system following message is shown<BR>while the flash memory check:<P>PART ID NOT FOUND IN TABLE OF SUPPORTED PARTS<BR>PRESS ANY KEY TO REBOOT<P>this is my problem. and i don't know how to fix it. is the RAM broken or does my MB not support such RAM types.<P>

[Juggernaut]

Which brand is the RAM?

[morphcore]

infineon<P>bought here: <A HREF="http://www.kmelektronik.de/main_site/main.php?action=Product_Detail&ArtNr=5303&Shop=0" TARGET=_blank>http://www.kmelektronik.de/main_site/main.php?action=Product_Detail&ArtNr=5303&Shop=0</A>

[MrNice]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by morphcore:<BR><B>infineon<P>bought here: [URL=http://www.kmelektronik.de/main_site/main.php?action=Product_Detail&ArtNr=5303&Shop=0]http://www.kmelektronik.de/main_site/main.php?action=Product_Detail&ArtNr=5303&Shop=0[/UR L] </B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>The ram module you bought looks like it has no ECC. Your machine is build with two modules with ECC support, so i think dual channel is used. <BR>Regarding the manual for the D1356, only PC2100(DDR266) and PC1600(DDR200) ram modules are supportet.<BR>Are modules that ase already plugged on the mainboard PC2700(DDR333) modules?<BR>To upgrade this machine the best option would be to modules P2100 à 512MB with ECC(but no registerd ECC!!).<BR>I hope this helps a little.<P>greets

[Juggernaut]

Yep, that's Non-ECC.<P>You should add 2 Pieces Unbuffered ECC Memory for best performance and compatibility. For example 2 pcs. of this:<BR> <A HREF="http://www.kmelektronik.de/main_site/main.php?action=Product_Detail&ArtNr=5709&Shop=0" TARGET=_blank>http://www.kmelektronik.de/main_site/main.php?action=Product_Detail&ArtNr=5709&Shop=0</A> <P>By the way, the photo shown there is not coprrect, it shows a non-ECC module. ECC would have one more chip in the middle <BR>(9 chips with ECC vs. 8 chips without ECC)

[morphcore]

thank you very much for this!<BR>i'll buy some of the RAM's<BR>you showed me and will try.<BR>i hope it'll work!<P>thank you very very much!