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To: John Sacz who wrote (22541)	9/18/2001 5:39:55 AM
From: thecow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110653

John I've never experienced anything like that but here's what I'd try. First I'd go to crucial.com and verify that the new ram was exactly what I needed. I understand that if you boot to the cmos again try saving the changes (even though you didn't make any) before exiting. That is supposed to force recalibration. Try moving the new ram to a different slot and boot. Remove the original ram and see if the computer will recognize the new ram and boot up properly and then put the original back in. I'm sure someone will come along with other ideas. tc

To: John Sacz who wrote (22541)	9/19/2001 12:19:57 AM
From: Doug Soon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110653

Hi John, Sometimes I wonder whether I have any bad memory, or whether and upgrade installed OK. It should be in the BIOS but you could also lose some memory well after boot up. I usually check it by: Start/Settings/Control Panel/System Under Computer you will see a summary of Processor and Memory amount. If it reports anything different than what you expect try swapping slots. Also, PCs don't like mixing PC133 and PC100 memory modules. If that is the problem you can verify by testing with just one module or the other (I am presuming your PC is a PC133 unit). Good luck.