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fang273   06-16-2009 at 06:09:47 AM

I recently tried to replace the 2 stick of 256 in my sister's computer with 2 sticks of 1 gig. However, after trying both sticks together and separate multiple times only to be met with a long beep, I ended up just putting the old sticks back in.

Both are labeled as PC2-4200, though the new sticks are about half the height of the old ones. They seem to fit snugly, but I know how finicky those clips can be.

The new sticks look like the one pictured here. (http://images17.newegg.com/is/imag [...] 44-151-S01), though I believe the actual set I ordered is here. (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820134031)

So, does anyone have any idea why the computer isn't accepting the new RAM?

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xaira   06-16-2009 at 04:32:44 PM
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are you sure ur siss pc is ddr2 compatible

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fang273   06-16-2009 at 06:04:38 PM
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Yes... The old ram is definitely ddr2 and it works just fine.

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