Help with a RAM problem

[rpicking]

Hi
I have a Packard Bell I-Media with 512mb RAM. I have recently purchased 2 x 1gb DDR 400 memory modules to up the performance of the PC. Since fitting these I have crash after crash. Each time the monitor goes blank and the system just reboots.

According to the Crucial memory scan the system should have no problems running 2gb of memory (the system maximum), but the reality it cannot.

Anyone with an idea how to fix this.

Thanks

 

[PohTayToez]

There must be some incompatibility somewhere. If you can, right when it crashes, feel your RAM... it sounds like they might be over heating. You MIGHT be able to fix this with some heat spreaders, but I would recommend returning the RAM and trying a different brand, preferably one listed as compatible by the manufacturer of your motherboard.

 

[Jack Bauer]

It sounds like some of your ram is corrupted. Go to this website and follow the directions on downloading and using it then we can tell if the memory is corrupted or not. http://www.memtest86.com/

 

[PohTayToez]

Nice link.

 

[Jack Bauer]

Nice link.

whoops forgot to add that thanks for telling me

 

[Kornowski]

http://hcidesign.com/memtest/

Use that program, it's great!

Set it to all un-used RAM or it will take fore-ever!

Anyway, let it run for a good 8 hours, this way it'll pick up any problems on your RAM.

 

[elitehacker]

Maybe the timings are not recognised correctly, see if you can manually set it.