Bought new RAM, 2 chips dont like each other.

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Hey,

Ive got a problem with some new RAM i purchased recently, and I was wondering if anyone here might have a solution.
First, here are my PC specs:

HP Pavillion XT-953
1.0 Ghz Pentium III
64MB Geforce 4 MX440
128MB of RAM
Windows XP Home
2 Ram Slots
3 PCI Slots
Maximum of 512MB RAM

Basically I bought 2 sticks of 265MB SDRAM (PC100) and tried to swap them out for my old Hyundai (go figure) 128MB stick, and when I tried to start up, it would get to the HP screen and restart, and this would repeat until i manually shut down. I figured this meant that I had a bad stick of RAM, but when I tried to boot each stick individually, both worked. They also both work when combined with the old RAM (which Is what Im running with now), which also tells me that both of the RAM slots work.

So, I reset my BIOS and tried again, same results (starting to turn on for a minute, the restarting).
Its kinda getting on my nerves that this 270$ upgrade isnt really upgrading, so, can GTPlanet help me in any way? Or should I go register at one of those techie websites?

Thanks in advance,
DrogoGTO
 
You paid $270 for two sticks of PC100 memory? :eek:

You got ripped.

As for your problem, I suppose the computer looks for that stick a memory, and if it's not there, it won't boot. I wouldn't be surprised if HP would do something like that.
 
Sorry about the Forum mixup, I didnt even see the Computers & Electronics forum ...

LOL, I know, I know, Im getting a completely new, custom built PC soon, but this is what I got in the meantime. Here are the specs of my upcoming rig, if anyones interested.

>3.4Ghz P4 or AMD equivalent
1Gb RAM
512MB Video
2x100Gb hard drive
DVD-R/ CD-RW

And pretty much anything else I dream up, but thats only when I save up enough $.


Anyways, thanks for the help!
 

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