Dell Inspiron 1501 AMD Mobile Sempron Came with Vista
My buddy asked me to fix his computer. I erased everything, added Win 7 and and bought some memory from Mushkin. Below are the links to Dell and Mushkin to see the exact thing I replaced, and what Dell specifies for the 1501.
I also knew that since I was using Win 7 on an older machine, I would have to find a compatible ATI driver. I have used many; various drivers from Dell, other online sources that claim to be for Win 7, and also DriverMax.
The problem is, when I use both pieces of 1 GB RAM, the screen goes crazy with lines. It has three vertical lines and tons of horizontal lines spread btween them. When I use one piece, it does fine, but will sometimes start the lines again.
I cleaned the fan and everything that could over heat and put it back correctly. Is there a way to physically test the slots? Multimeter? I also upgraded the bios, but like the AMD Sempron drivers, there is no official Win 7 driver that I know of. Please help. Thanks in advance.
http://www.mushkin.com/Memory/Essentials/996949.aspx
http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/category.aspx?c=us&category_id=6436&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&mfgpid=186167&chassisid=8452
My buddy asked me to fix his computer. I erased everything, added Win 7 and and bought some memory from Mushkin. Below are the links to Dell and Mushkin to see the exact thing I replaced, and what Dell specifies for the 1501.
I also knew that since I was using Win 7 on an older machine, I would have to find a compatible ATI driver. I have used many; various drivers from Dell, other online sources that claim to be for Win 7, and also DriverMax.
The problem is, when I use both pieces of 1 GB RAM, the screen goes crazy with lines. It has three vertical lines and tons of horizontal lines spread btween them. When I use one piece, it does fine, but will sometimes start the lines again.
I cleaned the fan and everything that could over heat and put it back correctly. Is there a way to physically test the slots? Multimeter? I also upgraded the bios, but like the AMD Sempron drivers, there is no official Win 7 driver that I know of. Please help. Thanks in advance.
http://www.mushkin.com/Memory/Essentials/996949.aspx
http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/category.aspx?c=us&category_id=6436&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&mfgpid=186167&chassisid=8452