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sarettah · 02-07-2012, 08:40 PM

Ok, I am trying to take my wife's desktop up from 1GB to 2GB of RAM.

Its a Gateway GT4024 Media Center (XP Media Center)

It has 2 DDR2 PC24200 512Mb chips in it.

I bought 2 PNY DDR2 PC25300 1 Gb chips for it.

I put them in and nothing, won't even get to the point of talking to the screen. If I pull one chip out I get a diagnostic that is the same as it does if no memory is in there.

I checked and everything I read says I should be able to replace the 4200s with 5300s no problem.

I checked the specs and it says that it will handle the 2 gbs.

I scanned the box at crucial.com and the "Guaranteed Compatibility Upgrade" wa the PC25300 chips.

Each of the new chips was in it's own package so I would think it unlikely that both chips are bad. I don't have another box here that they will work with so I can't just drop them into another box to see if they are definitely good or not.

Any suggestions or ideas as to what might be going on here?

Thanks in advance

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02-07-2012, 08:40 PM
sarettah see you later, I'm gone Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 14,055	Hardware guys - Memory issue- Any help? Ok, I am trying to take my wife's desktop up from 1GB to 2GB of RAM. Its a Gateway GT4024 Media Center (XP Media Center) It has 2 DDR2 PC24200 512Mb chips in it. I bought 2 PNY DDR2 PC25300 1 Gb chips for it. I put them in and nothing, won't even get to the point of talking to the screen. If I pull one chip out I get a diagnostic that is the same as it does if no memory is in there. I checked and everything I read says I should be able to replace the 4200s with 5300s no problem. I checked the specs and it says that it will handle the 2 gbs. I scanned the box at crucial.com and the "Guaranteed Compatibility Upgrade" wa the PC25300 chips. Each of the new chips was in it's own package so I would think it unlikely that both chips are bad. I don't have another box here that they will work with so I can't just drop them into another box to see if they are definitely good or not. Any suggestions or ideas as to what might be going on here? Thanks in advance . __________________ All cookies cleared! Last edited by sarettah; 02-07-2012 at 08:41 PM..