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Hello guys. I am getting a crash with a black screen and strange noise occurring after installing new ram. I have a Toshiba A-105 with the 945 Chipset which previously had two 512 gb chips 533 mhz and is supposed to be upgradeable to two 2 gb (4 gb total) chips at 667 mhz. I have since installed one 2 gb 667 mhz chip and I started getting this crash. Wondering if this is a common problem. Should I just go with 2 1 gb chips at 533 mhz to avoid crashing?

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I would suspect the stick of RAM is bad--
to test it you could use this--
Memtest86+ - Advanced Memory Diagnostic Tool
it runs from a bootable CD or floppy

Hello.

From what I've read you'd be better off going with the 533Mhz RAM as that appears to be what the unit is designed for.

At times one can go with higher rated memory but it often requires a BIOS update for it to work.

I simply did a quick google and 533Mhz came up as the specification for the model you listed.

Hope that helps.