MY COMPUTER TAKES DDR RAM MEMORY AND THERE ARE NO STICKERS ETC ON THE SDR STICK.
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OOH, No stickers?!!?  There I dunno how you will.  Best way is to ask a computer dealer to try the RAM for you and give you the specs.\n\nOr better, try it at a friend's who's willing to help u out.
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Make sure that the memory chips are the same memory. DDR ram should be matched with DDR ram chips and not with SDram chips and vise versa. Your MB accepts both kinds of memory, so just make sure that both chips match. Some older operating systems also will not see more than 1gb of memory either.
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that depends on if it is the same brand of computer and memory.. you have to find out specs first then move ahead...\n\nRam does not hold the info .. its the hard drive that does that.. if that is what was fried as you put it theni dont think you can do anything about it I am sorry
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If you are using Windows 98, I can see why you are having trouble.  Visit the Memory stick manufacturer's website or join http://www.driverguide.com and look for a driver.  \n\nBut if you are using Windows XP or Windows 2000, I would wonder if you have the memory stick plugged into a USB HUB.   It might not work that way, you might have to plug it directly into a free USB port on the computer.  (You also might not be able to use a USB extension cable).\n\nIf this is a brand new memory stick, and you still can't get it to work, then TAKE IT BACK to the store that you bought it from. Some stores STINK and charge a restocking fee.  HEY, it's not your fault that it does not work.   Ask if they will exchange it from a SANDISK brand memory stick...  that will work.   But Staples and other stationary stores DO NOT charge a restocking fee.   Costco also happily gives you your money back if it does not work for you.   You see, some stores help their customers.  Don't even think about shopping at a store that only wants your MONEY.\n\nGood luck and Happy Computing!
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ddr and sd ram are both synchronous -- meaning that\nrather than responding as soon as an input signal\nchanges, they respond based on a clock cycle.  sd ram\ncan respond once per clock, whereas ddr (double data rate)\ncan transmit data on both the rising and falling edge of\nthe clock.\n\nddr2 is the same design as ddr (synchronous, both edges),\nbut it has been modified to run at a higher clock rate.\nFor large transfers, it can simply transmit more data\nin a fixed amount of time.\n\nYour computer was designed for some fixed types of memory.\nIf it was designed for a synchronous interface, then\nyou had better use synchronous memory.  Similarly, if\nit was only designed for only ddr memory, then it's not \nlikely to work with ddr2.\n\nAs for mixing *sizes* of memory, let your machine specs\nbe your guide :-)  I have worked on servers which required\nmemory to be installed in banks of 2 or 4 slots at a time\n(and each of those had to be identical).  On the other\nhand, I have a 256MB and a 512MB in an old laptop, and\nthat works fine.  My point is that where ever you buy \nyour memory should be able to look up what is supported\non your particular machine.
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go to www.crucial.com\nthere you will be able to find out your memory type\nmost probably a small software will be downloaded\nthe execution of that small software could result in telling you the type of RAM your system can accept\nok
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Clean it up before you possibly add more RAM.\nDownload the following specific programs for free and learn how to use each after temporarily turning off system restore.\nGoogle free downloads from majorgeeks.com:\nHijackthis\nHijackthis log\nAVG anti-virus\nAd-Aware anti-adware&#92;\nSpybot anti-spyware\nGood luck!!!
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I don't believe they will work together at all. You most likely purchased the wrong memory type. Try calling up your computer manufacturer and ask what type of memory you need to get. I know my computer uses DDR2 PC2-4200 SDRAM, but there are dozens or even hundreds of diffent types.
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If i was you i would completely dry out everything put the new ram to one side reinstall the old ram, then if and when the PC is running go to Crucial and use there scanner to find out exactly what sort of ram you can upgrade to.
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Most likely you have a motherboard with integrated graphics. So the "missing" memory is used for video processing.\nIf you want to "recover" the memory, you have to check whether your motherboard have an additional slot for graphics card (AGP/PCI-E), check your motherboard spec for details.\nIf your motherboard have either the above slot, then you can buy a dedicated graphic card. But you need to take care of the following:\n1. For AGP, ensure the graphic card is supoprted by your motherboard (2x, 4x or 8x), again your motherboard user guide should have this info.\n2. For PCI-E, make sure you don't buy a graphic card with Turbocache / Hyper memory tech, in which they will use portion of your memory still.\n\nIf you don't have these slot, you can still recover those memory by buying a PCI video card, but these cards are hard to find nowadays, but you can still try your local stores.\n\nBut if your system is not slow because of this, then you might just as well do nothing.
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BEFORE you format your hard drive or try anything drastic try switching out your RAM modules.\n\nOccasionally a RAM module goes bad. If there is more than one installed take one out and boot, if still the same problem replace it and take the other one out and boot.  If problem goes away you know you have a bad memory module that you can cheaply and easily replace.\n\nIf this is not the case then it could be any number of things such as a bad device driver, a damaged device, bad hdd, bad m/b, and so on.  You can eventually figure it out, but not easily or cheaply.  It will save you a lot of time and stress to just take it to a shop at that point.
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could be a bad ram stick
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Restart the system, then try to go into the BIOS setup menu. Make sure it shows that the proper amount of RAM is attached, as well as the hard drives. Exit BIOS, and press the TAB key (I believe) to watch the motherboard account for each attached device. If it shows a missing device, or the wrong amount of RAM, then that device may need to be replaced.
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Try taking out your ram sticks and making sure everything is set correctly on the drives. (jumpers ect.) Test it with one ram stick at a time to see if you have a bad stick.
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LOL DDR and SDRAM are two totally different things.  DDR is Dual or Double Data Rate.  SDRAM is Synchronous Dynamic RAM.  You can have DDR SDRAM.  You need to find out if your computer supports DDR or SDR (single data rate), then see what the max allowable size for each memory bank is on your PC.  If it supports up to 512MB and DDR, you should be able to use it.  Also, the speed comes into factor.  What speed of RAM does your motherboard support PC 2100, 2700, 3200, etc?\n\nDDR SDRAM\nSDR SDRAM  \n\nconfusing because of the SDR acronym in both Single Data Rate and Synchronous Dynamic Random...  this is why you are getting icorrect answers.
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You probably have an on-board "graphics card."  This means that some of your RAM is being used instead of the RAM on a separate graphics card, and so less memory is available tot he rest of trhe computer.\n\nIf your numbers above are accurate, it appears that th erest is indeed being used for graphics.  Tha should be adjustable from the Properties function.\n\nAnother (less likely) possibility is that you have SDRAM, and an older motherboard does not recognize the chips.
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Couple possible reasons:\n\n1. Your PC uses RDRAM (which, chances are, if you don't do it right, it won't work at all, but you might get this crazy response that you report). RDRAM is a special expensive RAM that *needs* to be in pairs... cannot have unequal pairs. \n\n2. RAM chip is either inserted incorrectly, or has malfunctioned. There is nothing wrong with part of the chip, but the rest has failed. \n\n3. Some kind of software (most like firmware driven by motherboard) is limited the amount. I doubt this, but it's possible. \n\n\nPrognosis: What are you using to test the amount? Download a program called CPU-Z and it will give you ALL the information about your pc, including the RAM chips and what is being reported back to the computer. You might be able to troubleshoot it through there. Get it here:\n\nhttp://www.cpuid.com/\n\nPS... Shortcircuit computer has a good idea also.