Hey i bought some ram to upgrade a computer and i am having some issues.? The computer is a Dell Dimension l866r w/ a 128mb stick of PC133 ram.? I purchased an additional 256 stick or pc133 ram and when i plug it into the second slot and turn the computer on, the screen stays blank, but i can tell the computer is goin through its normal boot up because of the beeps and such (also if i turn it off manually i have to hold it for some time when nomrally if it is booting up or not booted correctly i dont have to hold the button to power it down).? So i shut down the computer and take the new 256 stick out, and when i turn the computer back on i get a message to the effect of "There is less memory detected than last boot up".? So it recognizes the additional ram....

I tried pluggin in just the new ram and removing the old and that did not work either...? Could this be a mobo driver issue? or a setting in the BIOS? or does the BIOS need to be updated?

any help would be greatly appreciated..

-Daem

I'm not an hardware expert but i would take that stick back to the store and replace it or atleast let them test it for you.

Is it the same name brand of ram?? Some boards only work well with certain ram although they dont like to tell you that untill you get the stuff and poof oops the ram dont work with this board.. What motherboard do you have?

hmm well, unfortunately i ordered it offline, and only had 30 days to send in the mail in rebate, so i sent that is so im about 99% sure that i cant return it...

No Merlin they arent the same brand... I just find it odd that it seems to boots fine, it just doesnt send out a signal (also i should have pointed out that the monitor status light changes when i turn it on w/ both sticks of ram in. It changes to on/normal...)

-Daem

To all who have had similar issues as this...

It appeared to be the memory was faulty. However, a BIOS update would show if this was true - a BIOS update or a CMOS reset will generally fix most blank screen issues regarding memory....the settings may have been too high for the new memory.