Currently I am using a Compaq Presario M2000. It came with a 256 meg ram card installed and I installed 512mb card over a year ago. It shows 638 mb of ram in the system properties leading me to believe it was only a 128 card, although it still is labeled 256. anyway thats not my problem. Everywhere i checked it says the computer can handle two 512mb chips . I bought another 512 mb piece of ram and installed it inplace of the original 256 to give myself two 512 mb pieces.
when i turn on the pc i get two loud pc beeps and a black screen. I tried numerous combinations but the only way i can get the system to work is with the 256 card in slot 1 and either of the two 512mb cards in slot two. they both work in slot two but neither work in slot one. whats going on?? I really need more ram to run programs which I use for drafting, and a new pc is out of the question, money is tight. Anyone know whats goin on??
