Help computer noob!! Installing ram question

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bluesi00

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i tried upgrading my brothers old hewlett packard 8754c pavilion , it has 2 slots and the most it can support is 512mb of ram. so i bought a 256 and i left the 64 it had already, the problem is when i put the 256 in it worked fine, i connected the computer in my room because i have cable internet and i wanted to update my bro's computer , when i was done i disconnected it and plugged it in my bros room. this is where the problem started, i got some sort of error message saying it wasnt reading the memory, i dont know the exact message but somewhere along those lines, so i tried swithing them around(64 and 256) and still didnt work. the computer would boot then freeze, so i just took out the 256 and left the regular 64 it came with and it works again... can anyone help me? why doesnt it want to work anymore?? any help will be appreciated, thanks in advance.
 
hmm. before u switched the 64 and 256 around, did u check to make sure it was securely in? maybe when you was taking it to your bros room, it got lose a little.

and was it the right speed and type of what you originally had?
 
i did check and everything was secure. im assuming it is the right kind of memory being that it worked fine a few minuter before when the computer was in my room
 
this is the exact message i get:

640k ram passed
318m Extended Ram Passed
256 cache sram passed
system bios shadowed
video bios shadowed
umb upper limit segment address: e7b3
fixed disc 0: quantum fireball1ct15 30
system configuration data updated
error
0232: extended ram failed at offset 1b
 
This may sound like your RAM failed while moving it back into your bro's room, you may of fried the circuits or possibly just knocked it badly, have you tried placing the 64MB stick by itself where the 256MB used to be?
 
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