RAM WOES.......

So after reading this thread, i decided to get some ram. CF card works great, have a 32 gig scandisk one.
BUT RAM!

holy moley.
first i found some hynix ram at work and boy was i happy. The specs were correct 133mhz, CL3, 3.3v etc. So i took the 128mb ram home and popped it in my mpc.

pass 1: ok
pass 2: ok
pass 3: ok
pass 4: failed at 48%.

error (880000)

Wierd i thought, so i found another 3 sticks and took them home too. But the same error, on all 4 sticks at 48%. Must be the ram right?

Next i bought myself a Kingston stick of 512 mb, recommended here... all the correct specs.

pass 1: failed at 74%.

error (90000)

no one on these forums has talked about bootblock. is there any way around it (i realize it is a memory check and probably needs to happen) but i am certain that the ram is FINE. after all, the kingston stick was brand new and to specs from these forums.

any suggestions? whats the next brand to test? i don't wanna keep forking out cash for ram thats not working...
this is the ram i bought:

http://www.ht.com.au/cart/1/part/D4108- ... detail.hts


any help would be much appreciated.
ivan

i shouldn't even bother answering since there is a sticky right above this thread on the topic... but the ram has to a 256mb stick in order for it to read the 128mb... also it sounds like what you got isn't compatible. read the RAM sticky above and you'll find something...

crossings wrote:i shouldn't even bother answering since there is a sticky right above this thread on the topic... but the ram has to a 256mb stick in order for it to read the 128mb... also it sounds like what you got isn't compatible. read the RAM sticky above and you'll find something...

yeah it has to be a 256mb RAM for the mpc to read the 128mb.

also you said you have a 32gig CF card. hows that? i thought the MPC1000 only holds the 2gig cards.

does it work properly?

yeah, cf card works amazing.

yo i got a stick of akai ram for yas

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