general question re: ram + power supply

[Tool2Die4]

just a general question...i am at work so i cannot post all my HW specs.

i have a 350W power supply. i have a 512mb stick of crucial ram in the mobo right now. i have another identical 512mb stick of crucial ram that i tried to put in, but the system crashes shortly (BSOD) after logging onto windows. i can get either stick to work, if it is in by itself, but i cannot get them in together.

question: can adding the second stick be enough to put me over the edge power wise? i am running 2 or 3 system fans, 2 hard drives, and 2 cd drives, so it seems there is a decent tax on the PSU.

 

[JKnPA]

I doubt it...........
Sounds like a memory issue.......

 

[SHAWN]

Could be the dimms on the motherboard causing the issue when there are 2 sticks installed.

 

[Tool2Die4]

i have been doing reading, and apparently there can be some issues with using mulitple sticks on this mobo (kt600 chipset). like the noob i am, i didnt know ctrl+f1 opened up more options in the BIOS. i will have to check those out.

it just didnt make sense that two exactly identical sticks would work one at a time, but putting both in made the system go kaputz.

 

[JKnPA]

Single channel memory controller.....
* check manual for proper placement of memory sticks.
** maybe this link will help.......
http://techreport.com/reviews/2003q4/kt600s/index.x?pg=1

 

[Tool2Die4]

turns out it was a BIOS issue. was due for a re-format, and i updated the BIOS too, and that solved it. have the sticks in the 1st and 3rd slots, and it runs fine.

 

[JKnPA]

OK....
Glad to hear it worked out ok.
Updating BIOS sometimes turn into disaaters; so I'm happy it worked for the best.
Cheers.,.