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Upgraded my laptop from 256mb to 512mb and keeps crashing

Discussion in 'PC hardware help' started by wdowsing, Jan 8, 2005.

  1. wdowsing

    wdowsing Regular member

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    yep, old mem has 0 errors on microsoft thing, new mem has 26063 errors using microsoft thing
     
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    ddp Moderator Staff Member

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    so either bad stick or incompatibility
     
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    wdowsing Regular member

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    is 1 more likey than the other?
     
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    ddp Moderator Staff Member

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    manufacturers or what??
     
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    like bad stick or incompatibilty?
     
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    ddp Moderator Staff Member

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    i'd say bad stick because of error count but not for certain unless try in another laptop of same
     
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    ok, cheers for ur help
     
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    post results if get new ram??
     
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    ok, will do, just to let u no that the new ram is exactly the same as the old ram, just 512mb instead of 256mb, so i recon its gotta b a bad stick
     
  10. amr12391

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    i am thinking its not campatible or it is a defective stick
     

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