I have bought some new type SDRAM (256Mb, 133, NCP) although seller told me it wouldn't work on pre-2001 motherboards (at that time I didn't know mobo was made in 2000). so it doesn't work. windows crashes on boot with blue screen and BIOS doesn't show text (!), only colored boxes :((((
I was told by salesman it would work at least as 128Mb. Since it doesn't, does it mean SDRAM is broken? I got some guarantee, and hopefully they will give me new one but it will be of the same type :( If that new module works as 128Mb, is it safe to use it? (computer is online 24/7)
BTW, I have only two slots and here are some details of my system, just in case it helps you to help me :)
CPU-Z Report
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CPU(s) Number of CPUs 1 Name Intel Pentium III EB Code Name Coppermine Specification Intel Pentium III EB 666MHz Family / Model / Stepping 6 8 3 Extended Family / Model 0 0 Brand ID 2 Package Socket 370 FC-PGA Core Stepping cB0 Technology 0.18 µ Supported Instructions Sets MMX, SSE CPU Clock Speed 664.5 MHz Clock multiplier x 5.0 Front Side Bus Frequency 132.9 MHz Bus Speed 132.9 MHz L1 Data Cache 16 KBytes, 4-way set associative, 32 Bytes line size L1 Instruction Cache 16 KBytes, 4-way set associative, 32 Bytes line size L2 Cache 256 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 32 Bytes line size L2 Latency 0 L2 Speed 664.5 MHz (Full) L2 Location On Chip L2 ECC Check enabled L2 Data Prefetch Logic no L2 Bus Width 256 bits Mainboard and chipset Motherboard manufacturer FUJITSU SIEMENS Motherboard model D1170, S26361-D1170 BIOS vendor FUJITSU SIEMENS // Phoenix Technologies Ltd. BIOS revision 4.06 Rev. 1.10.1170 BIOS release date 10/27/2000 Chipset Intel i810E rev. A3 Southbridge Intel 82801AA (ICH) rev. 2 Memory DRAM Type SDRAM DRAM Size 128 MBytes CAS# Latency 2.0 clocks RAS# to CAS# 2 clocks RAS# Precharge 2 clocks Cycle Time (TRAS) 5 clocks Bank Cycle Time (TRC) 7 clocks # of memory modules 1 Module 0 Hyundai Electronics SDRAM PC100 - 128 MBytes Software Windows version Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 1 (Build 2600) DirectX version 8.1b