845PE Max (MS-6580) & 1GB RAM in one stick

Hello!
According to this mobo spec. I should be able to use High Density RAM modules. This mobo has 2 RAM slots and can handle up to 2 GB of RAM. Unfortunatuly when I'am puting in the 1GB RAM module (NCP NC00437) BIOS POST is counting only up to 32MB and stops.
I was trying every BIOS setting (incl. Vcc, CL) and it's always only 32MB. BIOS ver. is 4.0.
Please help. Is there anything I can do now?
Best regards,
rzodkiew

Hi!
Well - it's DDR 400MHz. The CPU is Northwood based PIV (3,06), so I can operate at max 333MHz (without any O/C). So someone can say, that this module (1GB DDR 400MHz) doesn't work becouse it's... "under clocked" (form 400MHz to 333MHz). But I have also the 256MB DDR 400MHz module and it's working fine at 333MHz and even @266MHz.
Yes - I've trayed set it to 266MHz (with celeron 2,0) but it doesnt work either.
What's more - when I,am puting two of that modules together (slot1 - 1GB & slot2 - 256MB), the BIOS POST still counts it until 32MB and stops. When I put them in differen order - system doesnt boot at all.
I was wondering if there is maybe some kind of a trick (mayby some of the previous BIOS ver. is working, maybe I need to free up some PCI slot, ....) and someone, has the same problem before.
Thanks for any help - I will try everything.
Regard,
rzodkiew

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