installed new ram, pc completely freezes

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    chalki is offline Newbie

    Angry URGENT pc/ram/freezing problem

    today i installed 1g of ram into my pc,
    after that i turned it on and it randomly freezes
    i restart my pc and this happens over and over again, took me three goes to reach and post this.
    please help asap as i have a lot of work to do.
    thank you -chalki

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    chalki is offline Newbie
    today i swapped my 256mb ram for a stick of 1g ram, was easy enough to install,
    now when ever i try to play guildwars or open firefox or anything that requires my computer to think my computer just freezes totaly, cant move my mouse or anything,
    where do i start to figuring out whats wrong
    appreciate the help
    -chalki

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    jephree is offline ¨*·.¸ «.·°·..·°·.» ¸.·*¨
    What is the make and model of the motherboard?

    The RAM may not be compatible.

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    chalki is offline Newbie
    Board: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD MS-6785
    Bus Clock: 100 megahertz
    BIOS: Phoenix Technologies, LTD 6.00 PG 05/13/2004

    the mobo was ddr
    the new stick is ddr
    the pins seem to be the same
    thats like the limit of my knowledge on theese things :l

    thanks for reply btw

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    jephree is offline ¨*·.¸ «.·°·..·°·.» ¸.·*¨
    Do you know the full specs on the new RAM?

    What does the package say? For example:

    184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200)

    ...
    You could also put your old stick back and run the Crucial scan:

    http://www.crucial.com/systemscanner/

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    chalki is offline Newbie
    i got the stick of e-bay for cheap and it jus came in like a bag :l
    i think i made a mistake there,
    is there a program i can run when i have to stick in, that will tell me what it is?
    ty
    -chalki

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    jephree is offline ¨*·.¸ «.·°·..·°·.» ¸.·*¨
    CPU_Z

    Memory and SPD tabs.

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    chalki is offline Newbie
    Swissbit -manu
    sdu03264b5b71mt-50 -part number
    bd040000 -serial


    any help?

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    jephree is offline ¨*·.¸ «.·°·..·°·.» ¸.·*¨
    The info from CPU_Z would be best.

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    chalki is offline Newbie
    i took screens:
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