Hi:
1st: I've Googled
2nd: I've searched this fine forum & Gateway's (free) support
3rd: I'm not getting anywhere beneficial
I have a gateway mt3418 laptop that has 2 memory slots (not dual channel) and is supposed 2 be able to use 2x1gb sticks. It boots fine with 1 stick of basically any size, but won't boot if you add the second stick. This happens even with a brand new matched kit from Crucial where both modules are tested good (memtest 86 passed by both, boots fine with either stick by itself, etc) Does anyone know of a possible BIOS update or similar, or is the 2nd ram slot bad? I sincerely hope not, as this will be the 2nd time a Gateway product failed to meet it's published performance for me. TIA, Everyone ;-)
BTW: This behavior is pre-OS. I have the original factory Vista install w/all updates and am dual--booting Ubuntu 9.10 for months now, so this is an issue with harware or BIOS, presumably :-(, as every thing is OK with just 1 stick of RAM.