Memory upgrade problems

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erob1

I just upgraded my gateway solo 1450 from 256 mb RAM to 1gb RAM. Which
is the Maximum allocation for my motherboard. However I am getting
various errors within xp. on boot I hit F2 to see if the RAM is
recognized and it is listed 512 mb in 2 slots. The Ram is the same
type. when I load it may or may not show 1gb in my system information
window. ever once and a while it will shut the cpu down and flash a
screen will pop up saying dumping system memory and restart. I went
back and took out one stick and put the 256mb back in and everything
seemed to work fine. I tested both 512 sticks in this fashion and the
same results so I believe both sticks are working.

Does anyone have any insight into this issue?

erick
 
Ram incompatible with your sys.
Which 'may' be cured by individual setting ram timings in the bios - if your
bios has such.
Either take the ram back and buy compatible memory, using any of the major
memory manu sites, eg crucial/corsair/kingston
Or if you ram has tech support email them with your sys details for advice
 
erob1 said:
I just upgraded my gateway solo 1450 from 256 mb RAM to 1gb RAM. Which
is the Maximum allocation for my motherboard. However I am getting
various errors within xp. on boot I hit F2 to see if the RAM is
recognized and it is listed 512 mb in 2 slots. The Ram is the same
type. when I load it may or may not show 1gb in my system information
window. ever once and a while it will shut the cpu down and flash a
screen will pop up saying dumping system memory and restart. I went
back and took out one stick and put the 256mb back in and everything
seemed to work fine. I tested both 512 sticks in this fashion and the
same results so I believe both sticks are working.
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Did you buy high-density modules? These don't work in many, if not
most, consumer-grade PCs which expect to use standard low-density
modules. If you put in a 512MB stick and it shows as 256MB then maybe
you got stuck with high-density modules. Where did you buy it? eBay
maybe? There are a lot of eBay sellers pawning off the high-density
modules at cheap prices which lures eBay buyers to memory that won't
work for them.
 
This has nothing to do with your, but my someone had any ideas on my
situation. I recently purchased a motherboard on ebay. Everything can already
assembled with it. I only had to put in the harddrive, the memory, and the cd
roam. when powering it up, 3 light flashes, and then cuts off. it stays
powered up though.
 
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