Motherboard and memory

[kspeel]

I have a msi motherboard MS-6738. I recently purchased a 1 GB memory stick (ram) for the board. It is a ddr but the board takes both ddr and sdr both not a the same time. The manual says it takes either double sided or single sided. Each bank is 64mb to 1 GB. When I put the stick in though it only is showing 512 mb or around have. Something like that. Anyone have any ideas why it wouldnt read the gig?

[Platypus]

That suggests the DIMM you have is too high component density. Was it purchased as compatible with the board?

For example here is Crucial's recommendation:

http://www.crucial.com/store/listpar...(KM2M+Combo-L)

Compare this with the DIMM you have.

[kspeel]

My mistake it was the wrong sdram freq. this one is pc200. Bought it off ebay for a good price of 25 new. my mistake,,