Programs crashing after RAM upgrade

[bill of oz]

i have an older HP pavillion desktop which had 2 x 256 ram, the computer worked fine with this setup but was a bit slow,

i purchased new ram and installed it 2 x 512 (removed the old ram)

i have tried many programs mainly internet explorer and firefox, they will crash and close within 1-2 mins of loading them and using them,

i even removed firefox from the system completely and reloaded it, the same thing happens,

i have tested the ram with memtest.org and it tests out good, any ideas?

 

[Okedokey]

Ensure you have the latest motherboard bios, chipset drivers, windows updates and that the memory settings in the bios (e.g. voltage etc) is correct.

 

[bill of oz]

thanks,

i updated the bios,

i downloaded the chipset update but not sure what to do with it?.....the device manager pops up with a list of my hardware, which item do i select to upgrade? im not sure

what should the voltage be set to in the bios?

 

[voyagerfan99]

Since it's an HP you won't be able to change the voltages.

As for the chipset update, just run the installer for it.

If you still have issues, run Memtest86+, as the RAM may be faulty.

 

[bill of oz]

the installer program tells me to select the item in the device manager and install it myself, i have already ran memtest, the ram is good

 

[Okedokey]

According to your motherboard manufacturer (ASUS) it has a nForce2 chipset, so try and download and install this http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/1168/en-us

 

[bill of oz]

thanks, i tried, but when i click on download it says file not found

 

[Okedokey]

works fine for me.

 

[FuryRosewood]

you hit the agree to download okie? cus that resulted in a 'file not found' page for me.