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I had this problem when trying to mix 2 chip  ram with 8 chip ram. Speed
did not seem to matter as much as the number of chips as long as you put
the slowest ones first. Try getting all one type. I have heard that
eight chip is better than two chip but did not find the explanation
comprehensible. 

Good Luck

Jon Lathrop

Joseph Smith wrote:
> 
> After adding 2 *new* 16M EDO simms of ram to my existing pair of 16M
> EDO simms (purchased about 5 months ago),  I find that while Windows
> 95 recognizes the additional sticks,  I now get frequent blue screen
> errors & system crashes.  If I remove the older pair of simms, leaving
> in the newer (or vice versa), everything seems to run stable so I
> doubt that the RAM I just bought is bad.  Is this problem common?
> Could the trouble be the mixing of an older lot of RAM with a newer?
> The older simms have 8 chips on one side while the newer ones have
> only 2, yet both sets are suppose to be standard 72-pin 16M EDO simms.
> I only paid $18.95 for each of the 2 new simms so is this a case of
> "you-get- what-you-pay-for" & hence a valuable lesson to be learnt
> about never purchasing generic RAM of different lots?  I feel
> bummed-out about this since I really wanted to upgrade from 32-megs to
> 64-megs but it looks like that'll never come to pass. :-(  Any
> thoughts or solutions?
> 
> Btw, my computer is a Pentium 166MMX/Shuttle-HOT-based system running
> at 2.5 X 75Mhz (um, yes, I tried lowering the system bus to the
> "proper" 66MHz -- same problems).  Thanks in advance for any feedback.
> 
> Best,
> Joseph Smith
> (yes, my *real* name, but no, *not* the Mormon prophet) ;-)

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