I would be very grateful for any advice following a not very successful attempt to upgrade my RAM.
My ageing computer (2001 vintage, ASUS A7V motherboard) came with 256 Mb RAM installed and I recently got a new 512 Mb DIMM from Crucial after running their tool to determine the corrrect memory type.
I installed this in the remaining empty DIMM slot yesterday and the computer certainly recognises it now has 768 Mb RAM installed, however I cannot consistently load Windows (XP SP3) normally (usually self-reboots in a loop), though I can consistently boot to safe mode.
Once in Windows, Internet Explorer usually terminates with an error message shortly after launching though I did manage to get to Windows Update on one occasion and I grabbed the two hardware updates that were offered to me - one was a AMD Athlon CPU-related update which I thought might help, but no deal.
The 'Found New Hardware' wizard was of no help at all - sadly
Can anyone help me on what to try next - would a BIOS update be in order? The only thing I have tried so far in the bios is to set the performance from 'optimal' to 'normal' because the bios help menu suggested this as possible way to improve system stability, though I don't think this has made a difference.
Many thanks in advance for any assistance!
My ageing computer (2001 vintage, ASUS A7V motherboard) came with 256 Mb RAM installed and I recently got a new 512 Mb DIMM from Crucial after running their tool to determine the corrrect memory type.
I installed this in the remaining empty DIMM slot yesterday and the computer certainly recognises it now has 768 Mb RAM installed, however I cannot consistently load Windows (XP SP3) normally (usually self-reboots in a loop), though I can consistently boot to safe mode.
Once in Windows, Internet Explorer usually terminates with an error message shortly after launching though I did manage to get to Windows Update on one occasion and I grabbed the two hardware updates that were offered to me - one was a AMD Athlon CPU-related update which I thought might help, but no deal.
The 'Found New Hardware' wizard was of no help at all - sadly
Can anyone help me on what to try next - would a BIOS update be in order? The only thing I have tried so far in the bios is to set the performance from 'optimal' to 'normal' because the bios help menu suggested this as possible way to improve system stability, though I don't think this has made a difference.
Many thanks in advance for any assistance!