XPost: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage, alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt   
   From: bcoryell@chesco.com   
      
   nehmo54@hotmail.com wrote:   
   > sirocco wrote:   
   >   
   >>Maybe somebody recognizes this problem:  there's 512MB RAM installed on my   
   >>Windows XP, and it shows up in all the usual profiles,and everything is   
   >>working just fine.  But just now I noticed that only 256MB RAM is showing up   
   >>in the profile.  I did just install an additional hard drive and optical   
   >>drive, but installation went extremely smoothly and everything works just   
   >>fine.  Some of my RAM may have actually conked out before these installs, I   
   >>don't know.  Can a memory module just go bad?   I'm sure I didn't knock a   
   >>memory module loose when I had the PC opened up, but could something else   
   >>have disturbed one of the RAM modules, like static or dust?   
   >   
   >   
   > If you have another system, you can take the RAM out and check it in   
   > the other system.   
   >   
   > You're unlikely to ruin anything just by opening the case and playing   
   > with something, particularly since you are aware of the static hazard   
   > and take precautions.   
   >   
      
   I would just open up the case and pop both modules out and put them back   
   in again.  Bet that will fix your problem.  This has happened to me on   
   occasion and that has always worked.   
      
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