RAM problems! =\

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Xpire

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I recently bought some ram for an old computer lying around the house. I'm not really a 'pro' at computers so .. yeah. Anyhow, i checked my motherboards manual bla bla. found that i should buy a DDR PC2100 266. I already had a stick of 267mb running inside and bought a 512mb pc2100. after putting in the 512 stick. the computer read 700+mb of ram, but after around.. an hour or so.. and usually when running games or running big things, the computer would freeze or restart for no reason. i decided to take out the old 256 mb ram, and leave the new one in, this worked fine , but was the MINIMAL amount i needed =\ does anyone know why this happens? the two sticks of ram are different brands, ive noticed that there're.. 'chips' or something on both sides of the new one, while the old stick only has it on one side.
 
well, although they are the same frequency, which is a good thing, it could be any number of things that is upsetting the system, such as timings, the fact that the old stick could be just that: old, and some other things. my suggestion, if you have the money and it sounds like something that would fit your needs, buy some more ram, preferrably of the same brand, just to eliminate any possible complications.
 
do the memtest86 as suggested. if you do not have a floppy drive they also have an image file you can burn to a cd. do not forget to set your bios to boot from the floppy or cd drive and then restart your pc.
 
Hmm thanks for the reply guys, the manual didnt mention anything about the double sided thing by the way. dont think double sided were around when the motherboard was made.. or something like that. i tried the memtest thing.. took a while.. when it finished.. just saw all this stuff i didnt understand.. dont think ill be wasting anymore money on this computer, ill just stick with how it is now. might as well spend more money on a completely new one. cheers
 
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