Thats what I feel my puter is screaming at me when I try to update the ram on my Dimention 8200. I bought a gig of ram to give me an extra boost but before it will even get to the BIOS part (XP) A message comes up- ram not supported install pc 800 ecc ram. OK, that is what I thought I bought, but no it's non-ecc. OK. I call my geek buddy he says it doesnt matter, what I bought is the same as what hes got, so we run the aids program and compare. We have the same puter, same mother, same chipset , well you get the picture, so he pulls the ram out of his and comes over. Same message, it won't support the non-ecc ram. Does anyone know what is going on with this Dell. The ram fits the slots good. It will work in an exact duplicate, but not in mine. Any suggestions?? Thanks a bunch, Majik
is you old ram ecc pc800 !
when you tried your buddies ,did you remove your existing ram and just try his , or just try you new ram with out your old installed .
it says here that it take non ecc ram .
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/dim8200/specs.htm#1101572
Memory type
PC800 (non-ECC)
Memory speed
40 ns or faster
BIOS address
F8000h
Yes caperjack, that is the exact ram I bought. But when I went to change it, it was ECC from the factory. I am not sure what to do. Is there any settings that may have to be changed?
so remove the ecc and just try the non ecc what happens
It says ram not supported then says to install the ram I did install
It says ram not supported then says to install the ram I did install
OK, but computer still works with you old ram in ,correct!!!!!!
and when you take your old ram out and put the new ram in by itself it don't work .correct!!!!!
take the new ram back ,and get some that match the ones you have .
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