I recently purchased a 512 MB stick of RAM for my PC. I made SURE it worked with a PC shopmen, and I made sure my motherboard was compatible. I have 0 viruses etc and 20 gb of free memory. My comp is a Compaq Presario, a bit old so the Motherboard can only sustain 512 MB of RAM. I put the stick in, success! It fits. We then turn the PC on, it works, but the monitor stays OFF. We checked 5 times to see what was the problem with no success, so my brother and I then put the 126 MB of RAM back in (it was hard to get a hold of this, my comp is living in the 90's) and the 126 MB of RAM worked, and then we moved the 512 over a slot, to no avail it STILL wouldn't work. Can you tell me what is wrong? I will post my system specs and the RAM specs.
RAM: 512MB PC133 CL3 (SDR below)
System Specs:
OS: Windows ME (soon to be XP)
Type: Compaq PC
Manufacturer: Compaq
Processor: Intel Pentium III, ~930 MHz
Current RAM: 126 MB
DirectX: 9.0b
Series of Compaq: 5003 US (of the 5000 Series)
Can ANYONE tell me why my monitor is not behaving and not turning on? This is extremely unfortunate. I am used to being let down/not getting what I want on a constant basis but this is just plain ANNOYING! PLEASE HELP!
Issue: 512 MB RAM works in PC but monitor does not turn on. Please read above.
Thanks.
~Sam