I have XP Home and have been running a 500 mhz
AMD K6 with 512 M SDRAM. When I add another 256 M chip Bios recognizes and
counts it, Windows loads and everything seems OK. I can open my desktop but
the sytem resets when I try to load any program.
Any Suggestions?

Greg

Hi, Greg.

In WinXP, press Win+Break. (That is, the Windows logo key and the
Pause/Break key.) The System Properties page should pop up on your screen.
It should show you how much RAM Windows recognizes (probably the bottom line
of the General tab).

WinXP should simply recognize the RAM and use it all. If it doesn't, then
the new stick of RAM may not match the specs required by your mainboard, or
the new stick may be incompatible with the first stick. If you tell us the
make and model of your computer or mainboard, someone here may be able to
give you some specific advice about what kind of RAM it requires.

RAM can be tricky. When I wanted to add 256 to my daughter-in-law's HP
Pavilion 510w last month, I had Fry's look it up and bought the PC133 they
recommended. It didn't work, so I put it in my son's computer instead.
Then I bought a PC100 stick for her computer and it works fine. You may
have to experiment until you find the right RAM and the right way to install
it.

Or you could look it up yourself at www.crucial.com.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
(E-Mail Removed)
Microsoft Windows MVP

"Greg Gadberry" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> I have XP Home and have been running a 500 mhz
> AMD K6 with 512 M SDRAM. When I add another 256 M chip Bios recognizes and
> counts it, Windows loads and everything seems OK. I can open my desktop
but
> the sytem resets when I try to load any program.
> Any Suggestions?
>
> Greg

The mainboard is a Shuttle Spacewalker with 3 slots
for SDRAM, and according to the manual the board will run 768 m of ram.I
have been able to run this new chip in combination with one of rhe other
chips and have run it alone and also tried different combination of slots.
Any two chips or slots will work bur when I add the third chip the system
restarts when I try to load any prgram.

Greg
"R. C. White" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi, Greg.
>
> In WinXP, press Win+Break. (That is, the Windows logo key and the
> Pause/Break key.) The System Properties page should pop up on your
screen.
> It should show you how much RAM Windows recognizes (probably the bottom
line
> of the General tab).
>
> WinXP should simply recognize the RAM and use it all. If it doesn't, then
> the new stick of RAM may not match the specs required by your mainboard,
or
> the new stick may be incompatible with the first stick. If you tell us
the
> make and model of your computer or mainboard, someone here may be able to
> give you some specific advice about what kind of RAM it requires.
>
> RAM can be tricky. When I wanted to add 256 to my daughter-in-law's HP
> Pavilion 510w last month, I had Fry's look it up and bought the PC133 they
> recommended. It didn't work, so I put it in my son's computer instead.
> Then I bought a PC100 stick for her computer and it works fine. You may
> have to experiment until you find the right RAM and the right way to
install
> it.
>
> Or you could look it up yourself at www.crucial.com.
>
> RC
> --
> R. C. White, CPA
> San Marcos, TX
> (E-Mail Removed)
> Microsoft Windows MVP
>
> "Greg Gadberry" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I have XP Home and have been running a 500 mhz
> > AMD K6 with 512 M SDRAM. When I add another 256 M chip Bios recognizes
and
> > counts it, Windows loads and everything seems OK. I can open my desktop
> but
> > the sytem resets when I try to load any program.
> > Any Suggestions?
> >
> > Greg
>
>

Hi, Greg.

Some mobos require RAM sticks to be added in pairs. But that doesn't sound
right for one with 3 slots, does it? And some RAM sticks are just not
compatible with some others. Can you return it for exchange?

Are you sure this isn't covered in the mobo user's manual? Or on the
Shuttle website? Or Crucial's?

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
(E-Mail Removed)
Microsoft Windows MVP

"Greg Gadberry" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> The mainboard is a Shuttle Spacewalker with 3 slots
> for SDRAM, and according to the manual the board will run 768 m of ram.I
> have been able to run this new chip in combination with one of rhe other
> chips and have run it alone and also tried different combination of slots.
> Any two chips or slots will work bur when I add the third chip the system
> restarts when I try to load any prgram.
>
> Greg
> "R. C. White" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hi, Greg.
> >
> > In WinXP, press Win+Break. (That is, the Windows logo key and the
> > Pause/Break key.) The System Properties page should pop up on your
> screen.
> > It should show you how much RAM Windows recognizes (probably the bottom
> line
> > of the General tab).
> >
> > WinXP should simply recognize the RAM and use it all. If it doesn't,
then
> > the new stick of RAM may not match the specs required by your mainboard,
> or
> > the new stick may be incompatible with the first stick. If you tell us
> the
> > make and model of your computer or mainboard, someone here may be able
to
> > give you some specific advice about what kind of RAM it requires.
> >
> > RAM can be tricky. When I wanted to add 256 to my daughter-in-law's HP
> > Pavilion 510w last month, I had Fry's look it up and bought the PC133
they
> > recommended. It didn't work, so I put it in my son's computer instead.
> > Then I bought a PC100 stick for her computer and it works fine. You may
> > have to experiment until you find the right RAM and the right way to
> install
> > it.
> >
> > Or you could look it up yourself at www.crucial.com.
> >
> > RC
> >
> > "Greg Gadberry" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > I have XP Home and have been running a 500 mhz
> > > AMD K6 with 512 M SDRAM. When I add another 256 M chip Bios recognizes
> and
> > > counts it, Windows loads and everything seems OK. I can open my
desktop
> > but
> > > the sytem resets when I try to load any program.
> > > Any Suggestions?
> > >
> > > Greg