I have a 512mb Kingston stick in my computer. I recently just got a 512mb Nanya stick. When I put it into my computer, it made a funny noise and the screen stayed black. I turned off my computer and took out the Nanya stick. After a few minutes, I popped back in the Nanya stick with the Kingston still in. My computer started up just fine. But when everything loaded, some programs had errors and my computer notified me that I had a hardware failure with one of my RAM sticks. Turned off my computer and took out the Nanya. Started my computer back up, and it worked just fine. Would like to know if there is something I have to do in order to have those 2 RAM sticks working together. Any help with letting me now how to use both RAM sticks. (Sorry for the long details)
2007-11-11 12:31:55 · 3 answers · asked by XTheFallenHeroX 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
Forgot to add that the specs on both RAM sticks are the same. (512mb DDR400 PC3200)
2007-11-11 13:04:49 · update #1
Most likely the 2 sticks are different speeds or one has parity and one doesn't. If it is a speed issue try putting the slowest one in the first slot so your PC sees it and tries to run at the lowe speed wiith both processors. One last thing it could be trying to run as a pair. If you have 4 slots dont use 2 next to each other.
2007-11-11 12:38:08 · answer #1 · answered by podunksunshine 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nanya Ram
2016-11-03 12:13:01 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The brand is not nearly as important as the specifications. Memory comes in a variety of form factors, speed and latency. Check carefully that the Nanya has the same specs as the Kingston.
If the specs are OK, then you may have a bad memory stick.
2007-11-11 12:38:16 · answer #3 · answered by Computer Guy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋