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New Memory problem.

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sketchman

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Hey.

I just bought 128mb of PNY SDRAM. Every time I try to start the PC, nothing happens. No post, no nothing. Just a black screen. Actually, no screen at all. The monitor just says that there's no input or something to that effect.

Then, when I put the old 32mb stick back in and restart, I get a bad CMOS checksum error. Then, I push F12 to load the default settings and everything works fine, if you can call a PC running with 32mb of RAM fine.

I can't. So can anyone help me?

Almost forgot. Specs follow:

Gateway G6-350
PII 350mhz MMX
32mb SDRAM
11gb total from 2 x HDD
no Video card
 
Maybe your computer can't handle that RAM. I'm not familiar with RAM to begin with but my gut feeling tells me your computer doesn't recognize that ram. I mean seriously...its a PII! Is that 128 RAM 184 pin brand new? I don't think your mobo supports that to begin with.


Although, maybe you just got bad ram. Try it in another computer and see if it works...it just might be that.
 
Both sticks, new128mb and old32mb, are SDRAM. Plain old PC100mhz, 168pin, SDRAM. They should be the same, besides capacity and age.

Yes, the PNY stick is brand new, but it says it is the same type as the old 32mb stick that's in the PC now. I tried the new RAM in my hacked up Dell Dimension XPS R 400(big name for a big piece of CRAP!).

Got the same problem as with the G6-350, minus the CMOS checksum error on restart with old RAM.

Maybe I did get a lemon. Should I complain to TigerDirect or PNY?
 
Well, I just did the stupidest, simplest, right-under-my-noseyest thing I could think of, and for some unexplainable reason, the PC works fine now.

I switched the position of the RAM sticks. PNY told me to put the largest stick closest to the CPU. So, I took that as gospel and didn't question the matter any further.

When I switched them from PNY's suggested placement, to my great surprise, the PC booted up until it wanted an OS. Then, I figured since the simplest thing worked once, it might just work again. So, I didn't reinstall windoze, but checked the CMOS settings.

I got a drive not ready error, so I restarted and got to the CMOS menu. Checked my IDE devices. There were NONE. I had to re-assign the HDDs, DVD-ROM, and Floppy. Still don't know why. I'd love for someone to enlighten me on that one. Then, a reboot, and the Windows 98 logo warmed the tube once again.

So, now I know. Sometimes the guys that get paid to know everything, don't. I guess them real smart PNY fellers just don't have no use fer a computer that's worth less than their shoes. Can't say that I blame them.

Thanks guys for coming along for the slow, boring ride.
 
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