script-fu wrote on 2020-10-13, 00:00:
Motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-6BXC Rev 2.0
In the manual it says 3 x 256mb sticks of Regular or ECC memory and i'm having a hard time trying to get matching sticks. Unless i'm missing something on eBay this is the best i can come up with.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/256MB-PC133 ... xVckVfz
This is the holy grail in terms of 440BX based motherboard RAM compatibility, reading is highly recommended :
https://web.archive.org/web/20110211102046/ht … ram_bx_faq.html
As for the item you are considering, the photo is too crappy to allow reading markings on the chips and only one side is photographed .
If by 16x8 , the seller means 16Mx8 chips that number 16 in total (8 on each side of the module), then that module should theoretically work and be recognized as 256MB on a 440BX board .
However, I can't say for sure what the seller means by 16x8. For all I know, he doesn't either .
My recommendation when looking for 256MB modules SDRAM DIMMs:
a) Do not implicitly trust the seller's sales blurb . Sellers, even well meaning ones, can be clueless. This was true 20 years ago and has gotten worse as the knowledge related to this tech has become arcane .
b) Find DIMMs with good photos where chip markings are actually readable and both sides of the module are photographed .
c) Make sure there are 16 identical chips on the module .
d) Check the datasheet for the chips and make sure each one is organized as 16Mx8
e) Make sure the DIMMs are rated for at least 100MHz (PC100) . PC133 is fine too as long c) and d) are true .
EDIT : By the way, the DIMMs do not necessarily need to be matched .