Memory Reading Issue

I have had a 256MB SDRAM card in my computer for a while now. I decided to go out and by another 256MB SDRAM card because I also had a 128 MB SDRAM card in that stopped working a couple weeks ago. So I come home and install the new 256 card, and my computer doesn't read it either. So I am wondering if there are any reasons as to why my second memory slot would stop reading any of the cards I put in. And is there a way to fix this issue? If it helps at all, I have an older EMachines ETOWER 466IS




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Do you know what kind of ram you bought? of the 256? I can only Find RAM upgrades that are PC100 Im assuming that the motherboard will only support PC100.

Also your EMachines ETOWER 466IS only supports 256MB of ram in the first place.
http://www.memoryx.net/emet46me2.html look in the pink/red box

So you can only have one stick of 256.. or two sticks of 128 sorry:cry

 

Hmm. That's really weird because the memory that came with the computer is a 128MB / PC133 card. So I know it supports 133. And when I went out and bought the first 256MB / PC133 card and installed it, my computer actually showed it as running at 381MB and everything.

 

there are alot of the places that im looking that that say it supports the maximum of 256 ram. Also you are correct it does support PC133.

Crucial's site

just a little thing... They are called "memory sticks" "memory modules" or a "DIMM" the whole thing about the "memory card" may confuse a few people (includeing me:? I was trying to figure out was you were talking about in the first place than i got what you were saying)

 

Haha. Sorry, too much video gaming recently. I should have known better.

And yeah.. I just looked at the sticker on the front and even the sticker says 256 max. I never noticed that before. But somehow I actually got it up to 381 before. I don't know... maybe it was just a glitch that displayed how muuch there was attached, but it probably didn't actually function with that much.

Guh. I just need a new computer. This one is such a pile of junk.

Anyways... Thanks a lot for your help Greatly appreciated.

 

Its quite possible that you destroyed the slots. This happans a lot with cheap motherboards and people swapping parts.

 

That could be what happened.

****. That sucks.

 

Try installing Sandra bench marking. It may be able to tell you if you have a bad memory slot. It's been awhile since I've actually used it though.

Memtest86 might tell you as well.