What's with the black screen?

after i installed 256 memory to my computer i turn on the computer and all i get is a black screen.. i have 128 sdram pc133 memory chip in it.and i bought a 256 sdram pc133 memory chip too put along side of it....

This question was answered on March 18, 2004. Much of the information contained herein may have changed since posting.

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It sounds like a parity issue On some old motherboard you have to upgrade the DIMM chips in pairs (ie: you would need two 128MB chips, or two 256MB chips installed for them to work) It can also mean that you've reached the memory limit for that motherboard.

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Posted by Student of Katharine Gibbs School - New York on March 18, 2004

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