Heartland

I've had my laptop running fine for months. a month
ago I bunged 2x512 MB RAM in it, to replace the
2x256 MB RAM it has originally, which appeared
to run fine for about 2 weeks, then suddenly
my Win XP installation started halting &
blue screening. Sometimes it gives falts
while running programs, eg. program needs
to be shutdown, failed to read address x00000...

I've tried all combinations of one and both
of the new RAM chips - no difference. The blue
screens and reboots seem to be getting
more frequent so its now unusable.

Is this a problem with the new RAM?
If so, why did it take 2 weeks to emurge??
Admittedly I didnt use it that much in the first 2 weeks.
I should be able to get hold of the original RAM chips in
a couple of weeks, so I'll try and put them back in again.

Any clue?

possibly ESD damage to ram when fitting

or maybe your laptop does not accept that much memory?

Or the RAM isn't 100% compatible with your Motherboard and finally started to throw a fit.

Get the specs of your computer and check them at the Crucial.co.uk and this should show you compatible makes of RAM for your laptop. If you don't know your MoBo make and model then download Everest

http://www.lavalys.com/products/downloa ... n&pageid=3

and this should give you some idea of what your computer is made up of.

thanks for your suggestions guys

I bought the chips from crucial in the first place since
they were "guaranteed to work"

my laptop Fujitsu siemens AMILO - will take up to
2x 1024 MB chips (i.e. max 2 Gb RAM).

download this: http://www.memtest86.com/

burn it to a floppy/cd, boot off it and let it run for an hour or two. It'll tell you soon enough if you've got memory issues (on your computer).