Weird RAM lockups...

Hey guys,

I'm writing this from my crippled PC, which is running on a sole stick of 512MB PC3200 right now. I recently bought 2 more sticks of 512MB PC3200 to kick my computer up to a 1.5GB RAM bank, but neither of the new sticks work in my computer. Most of the time, when I have either stick of my new RAM in, it doesn't get past POST, and I'll get to the windows screen if I'm lucky.

The strange thing is, I plugged this RAM in downstairs, and it worked 100% fine... (from what I saw. More testing may need to be done yet. I had it in for about 10 minutes).

Im running:
ASUS A7X880 Mobo
AMD XP 3200+ CPU
Maxtor 80GB HD
Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB
1 stick of old Samsung 512MB PC3200 (installed and running) and 2 512MB Samsung 512MB PC3200 (can't install, unstable system)

I guess my question is if there is anything anyone knows I can do to maybe reset my clock timings, or check my MOBO compatability with each stick of ram. I tried the ASUS site, but couldn't find anything, so I'm kinda thinking program-wise. =/ Anything you may think is wrong with my computer, lemme know that too.

Thanks for the help, geeks.

--Kibb

 

Try sticking the new sticks in together in slots one and two and the current stick into slot three. Sometimes that'll solve your problem.