I have had similar problems with a somewhat older e-
machines PC. It uses SDRAM instead of DDR, but what I
had to do was install the new RAM with the old RAM (old
in the 1st slot), boot the PC, shut down, remove the old
RAM, boot, shutdown. If you want the old RAM in, too,
put it in at this time. This may not work for you, but
it did for me.
>-----Original Message-----
>I haven't poked around much inside computers, but I did
add more RAM
>to my old Win98 machine with success. Can't figure out
where things
>are going wrong with my new XP computer.
>
>My two-month-old emachine came with 128MG DDRRAM. This
morning I got a
>256 bar of 184 pin Azen DDRRAM that had been on sale at
Future Shop.
>It matches the specifications in the motherboard
booklet, fit in the
>slot and both clips went up. No chance of putting it
upside down
>because of the slot at approx. the 45% point. When I
turned on the
>computer, I heard beeps - one beep, then three, then
three again, then
>one. Nothing on the monitor, which stays black and
blinks as in
>standby mode.
>
>I've tried changing slots with the existing memory,
putting the old
>memory by itself in the second slot (worked fine), also
removing the
>old memory altogether and putting the new memory by
itself. Same beep
>pattern, no picture.
>
>Is it likely that the memory is a dud, or is there
something I need to
>do with XP? Not sure how I can do anything if the
monitor won't
>respond.
>
>Thank you.
>.
>
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