Question About Ram

[CanWEBada]

My system has 1X 256MB PC100 Single Sided and
1X 256MB PC100 Double Sided.

Question : Would this arrangement screw up my system ?
Cause I can't seem to play many games without the system locking up on me.

Here are my system specs....

Computer:
Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
OS Service Pack:Service Pack 1
Motherboard:
CPU: AMD Athlon XP, 1500 MHz (7.5 x 200) 1700+
Motherboard Name : ECS K7SEM (2 PCI, 1 AGP, 1 AMR, 1 CNR, 2 DIMM, Audio,
Video, LAN)
Motherboard Chipset : SiS 730S
System Memory : 512 MB (SDRAM)
BIOS Type : Award Modular (09/28/01)
Communication Port : Communications Port (COM1)
Communication Port : ECP Printer Port (LPT1)

Video Adapter : NVIDIA GeForce2 MX (64 MB)
3D Accelerator: nVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400
Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor [NoDB]

Audio Adapter: SiS 7018 Audio Accelerator

Storage: Floppy disk drive
Disk Drive: Maxtor 4D040H2 (40 GB, 5400 RPM, Ultra-ATA/100)
Disk Drive: ST360015A (60 GB, 7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/100)
Optical Drive: HL-DT-ST RW/DVD GCC-4120B (DVD:8x, CD:12x/8x/32x
DVD-ROM/CD-RW)

Partitions:
C: (NTFS) 39072 MB (34480 MB free)
D: (FAT32) 57225 MB (46681 MB free)

Input:
Keyboard: Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse: PS/2 Compatible Mouse

Network Adapter:Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet

 

[Jerry]

Go to www.crucial.com and run their memory test.

 

[Alex Nichol]

My system has 1X 256MB PC100 Single Sided and
1X 256MB PC100 Double Sided.

Question : Would this arrangement screw up my system ?
Cause I can't seem to play many games without the system locking up on me.

Possibly.. XP is very fussy about the exact matching of RAM modules