Re: adding ram made my comp crash

From: Jupiter Jones [MVP] (jones_jupiter_at_hotnomail.com)
Date: 08/30/04 

Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 17:29:11 -0600

James;
What happens if you use the new RAM without the old?
That will tell you if the new RAM is OK.

If the new RAM seems OK, sometimes there are problems if the sticks
are not identical. 

-- 
Jupiter Jones  [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/
"james" <james@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:3515057A-2FD3-4926-9245-4BA33FB63C8D@microsoft.com...
>i just bought a new compaq sr1012nx comp and then purchased some 
>memory from
> online and when i tryed to use the comp it would crash, then i took 
> out the
> ram and my comp works again. i would like to know if i need to have 
> the same
> 2 sticks of memory or can they be a different brand. both the sticks 
> were
> 256mb pc2700 but from different manufacturers, did i get bad ram or 
> was it
> just not compatible with my comp.

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