"Haggis" wrote in message
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"Alan" wrote in message
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X posted. 2nd attempt as the first time I left the header off and it
hasn't
appeared!

I recently purchased additional RAM for my system. The existing was
2x256k
and for the remaining slot I bought 512k.(All the same
spec/supplier/manufacturer). The system has been stable for some time so
I
added the vcache 512000 entry into the system.ini and let that run with
no
problems for a couple of days. I then added the 512k RAM which the Award
BIOS recognised and dealt with. Unfortunately, I then realised that
there
was no Internet access. The 2091 router saw the PC power up but no data
sent
to line. Checks on the system revealed a problem with the VIA Rhine II
fast
Ethernet adapter. Now try as I might with reloads of software from the
ASUS
and Windows CDs, I couldn't get the NIC to be accepted by Windows. Even
turning the LAN off and on in the BIOS was recognised by Windows but did
not
resolve the problem. Finally I powered off, removed the additional RAM
(no
difference) and then restored a previous version of the Registry and hey
presto all OK. Question was I just unlucky or is there a tie in between
the
additional RAM and the Rhine adapter?
Alan



I cannot think of a reason the NIC would fail when adding memory ...but
then
again NIC drivers do get corrupted ...

reboot into safe mode and remove all entries relating to your NIC (and any
other NIC cards found there) ..you may have a ghost NIC in
there...(control
paneldevice manager

reboot and let windows go through the install of the drivers again ..

post back :

I note your comments. Some time ago I did clear out ghosts but I will check
again. In the meantime, I also took the liberty of e-mailing ASUS and spent
time surfing to see if there is anything the MOBO can or cannot do. One of
ASUS posts for the A7V8X-X suggested there may be a problem depending on the
speed of the FSB. I am using an AMD Athlon XP 2200+ and the BIOS is set to
auto for this and I am having difficulty finding what speed it is running at
in terms of FSB.
The spec. for the MOBO for the Memory says 3 x DDR DIMM Sockets, Max 3 GB
unbuffered PC2100/1600 non-ECC DDR SDRAM. A note then says:- PC3200 maximum
to 2 banks only. PC2700 maximum to 4 banks only. I am using PC2700 so am
limited to 4 banks - but does anybody know what the deffinition of a bank
is?
In addition the CPU socket spec. says that when using 333MHz FSB CPU, system
memory supports DDR333 only. I don't understand this, can anybody explain
the significance.
Thanks
Alan