Problem With Installing More Ram

[clocker]

Before you toddle back to Staples...

Will your machine boot into Windows now using your old RAM, or is it throwing a hissy fit in general?

[iMartin]

Originally posted by clocker@8 December 2003 - 22:31
Before you toddle back to Staples...

Will your machine boot into Windows now using your old RAM, or is it throwing a hissy fit in general?

No...it'll boot from the old RAM just fine, but the new RAM is what's giving me problems. And it won't boot from both at the same time either.

[clocker]

BTW...

THE POST TEST

    Each time the computer boots up the computer must past the POST. The following is the procedure of the POST:

1.  The first step of POST is the testing of the Power Supply to ensure that it is turned on and that it releases its reset signal.
2. CPU must exit the reset status mode and thereafter be able to execute instructions.
3. BIOS must be have readable.
4. BIOS checksum must be valid, meaning that it must be readable.
5. CMOS be accessible for reading.
6. CMOS checksum must be valid, meaning that it must be readable.
7. CPU must be able to read all forms of memory such as the memory controller, memory bus, and memory module.
8. The first 64KB of memory must be operational and have the capability to be read and written to and from, and capable of containing the POST code.
9. I/O bus / controller must be accessible.
10.  I/O bus must be able to write / read from the video subsystem and be able to read all video RAM.. 

If the computer does not pass any of the above tests your computer will receive an irregular POST. An irregular POST is a beep code which is different from the standard which can be either no beeps at all or a combination of different beeps indicating what is causing the computer not to past the POST.

It would seem that the RAM MUST be properly installed or he wouldn't be getting the BEEP of Approval...

[clocker]

Okay then.
After the beep can you access the BIOS?

[raiserblade2003]

nm

[iMartin]

Originally posted by clocker@8 December 2003 - 22:37
Okay then.
After the beep can you access the BIOS?

No, I've tried... Oh well, I think it's just a cheap-off-brad RAM stick. I'm just gonna take it back and get a different one.

[clocker]

Not another cheapy, I hope.
You DO get what you pay for, especially with RAM.

Factor in your travel time, gas, and all the effort you put into trying to make it work, and that "cheap, off-brand" crap probably wasn't a much better deal than the good stuff, was it?

[iMartin]

Ok, new question, can my new 256 RAM work with my old 128 RAM at the same time which equals 384 MB of RAM? (Their both the same exact kind)

[clocker]

Yes.