RAm Upgrade question

Takao · 04-02-08, 10:48 AM

XabbaRus,

Sounds like a bad stick of RAM, the new RAM is incompatible with the old RAM, or the motherboard & CPU cannot handle 3 sticks of RAM.

I noticed from your post that you had three 1 Gig sticks in the computer when you booted it up. However, you report seeing 2048 MB of RAM. That's only 2 sticks of RAM, not 3. It's missing one stick somewhere.

You can try:
1. Read your motherboard's manual to make sure of which DIMM slots are used. For some motherboard's they have 4 DIMM slots, but for 2 sticks of RAM you have to use slots 1 & 3, not 1 & 2. If RAM sticks are not put in as per the manual, the PC may not start or it may function abnormally.
2. Put in the new RAM, and only the new RAM, as per the motherboard manual. Turn on the PC. If it works and sees 2048 MB, great your done. The new RAM is good.
3. Put it the old RAM in a different slot than you had the first time. See if it works.

The your motherboard make & model would be helpful too.

04-02-08, 10:48 AM	#4
Takao Officer Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Reading, PA Posts: 244 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	XabbaRus, Sounds like a bad stick of RAM, the new RAM is incompatible with the old RAM, or the motherboard & CPU cannot handle 3 sticks of RAM. I noticed from your post that you had three 1 Gig sticks in the computer when you booted it up. However, you report seeing 2048 MB of RAM. That's only 2 sticks of RAM, not 3. It's missing one stick somewhere. You can try: 1. Read your motherboard's manual to make sure of which DIMM slots are used. For some motherboard's they have 4 DIMM slots, but for 2 sticks of RAM you have to use slots 1 & 3, not 1 & 2. If RAM sticks are not put in as per the manual, the PC may not start or it may function abnormally. 2. Put in the new RAM, and only the new RAM, as per the motherboard manual. Turn on the PC. If it works and sees 2048 MB, great your done. The new RAM is good. 3. Put it the old RAM in a different slot than you had the first time. See if it works. The your motherboard make & model would be helpful too.