bad ram?

[5string]

I just got a new stick of ram... 256 2700/333. it's kbyte brand from microcenter. i'm adding it to my system which was already setup with 256 meg of samsung ram. when i add the new kbyte, the system won't even come up, the hard drive doesn't spin and it beeps and then let's out a groan. i remove it and everything is fine. i've even tried to take out the samsung and run on the kbyte alone. same thing happens. i'm assuming i've got a bad stick? could it be imcompatable? i guess that's what happens when you pay $24.99 for cheap ram?

[tmx468]

have you done any overclocking to the system at all?

[EvilCrow]

My system has 512MB PC2700 DDR RAM from K-Byte, that I got for $39.99.

My system has ran great with it!
I think you shouldn't be mixing it with the Samsung, but I'm not sure.

[agathodaimon]

What kind of motherboard is it? (brand name, model#)
Some motherboards are not compatible with certain brands of memory.
That could be the issue...

[Scott Tiger]

Why don't you test the RAM with the free utility from Memtest86.com? The Systems manager here has bought KByte memory before and while I can't say if it was bad I can say it wasn't compatible with the laptop we put it in; Memtest gave all kinds of errors within the first three minutes of running it.

HTH's

[5string]

how would you run memtest if you can't boot up the pc? is it ok to boot up and then install?