ok i think its my ram, cuz when i put my 512mb ram into my dell it had a lil beep at the start up, for some weird reason, so ima call kingston up and have them replace it, i am NEVER EVER going to buy from fry's electronics ever again, and the ram was 1 week old, and it was brand new, so i think thats the problem, cuz im running the ram check up on my 256mb ram and it has no errors yet and its on its 15 passand still going on as for the kingston it got an error on its 6 pass.... SO THATS THE FREAKIN REASON ITS MY RAM!!!!