Memory Crashes System

[Fireman100]

Is it possible for a stick of memory to crash your system, i recently reinstalled UT2003 and wheras before it played fine with my existing memory, i recently upgraded and bought a new stick of 256, however when used in conjuction with my old memory the game crashes, i tried taking my old stick of 128 out and it worked fine so, am i right to assume that my old memory went bad??

cheers all

[muno]

It could also be a compatibility problem.
Some motherboards have serious issues with what brand of ram you mix together.

Try using the same brand memory on all banks.
-M

[jerrygarcia]

It really sounds like the two stick were incompatible. Sometimes that happens. Memory can be a funny thing. I always try to match my sticks. I only use Crucial in my machines and have never had a problem since switching to that brand. If you haven't tried Crucial, you're missing out. Check the link at the left top of this page. Good luck!

[muno]

It's on the top right

Apacer and kingston are also good manufacturers.
-M

[jerrygarcia]

You're right Muno.

I forgot to look at my thumbs and index fingers to see which one made the 'L'.

[Fireman100]

the new stick is kingston the old is an unbranded stick
problem sorted

cheers boys - problem sorted as ever