Trouble with upgrading RAM...

[psuhysch]

I recently purchased two 1GB PC3200 UDIMM 1Rx4 to upgrade/replace the PC 3200 512mb DDR400 2 Rank 32Mx8 stick currently in my machine. My mother board is an Intel P4 D101GGC AAD35788-310. I tried every configuration possible (one at a time, both, alternated slots, etc.) to no avail. My computer would not boot up. Any suggestions?

Also, as an aside, does the fact that my old stick was 2 Rank account for the fact that the 512MB listed actually produced 960 MB of usable memory? Also, could this mean that my slots require 2 Rank sticks? The new ones are single Rank.

 

[saint19]

Hi newcomer and welcome to the Tom's hardware forum.

Do you check specifications to see if that RAM is supported?

 

[psuhysch]

As it turns out, that RAM was NOT compatible with my motherboard. I've since returned it and purchased compatible RAM and everything is running smoothly. Thanks for the reply.

 

[saint19]

Any time, that's why we are here. Don't forget select the best answer to solve the thread.

 

[psuhysch]

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