I'm curious..........

        Everything I have read about adding RAM involves just snapping the new
memory modules into the RAM slots on the Motherboard.  However,  every time
I try to add RAM to any of my computers I get memory errors during the
memory test at boot up.

        I know that I am supposed to be adding memory in proper pairs and of the
same type as what is currently installed.

        However, the other day I tried to add two 8 mb modules to a Compaq Pentium
60 with 8 mb permanently installed on the main board.  The manual said to
just add the new memory to the memory slots.......nothing else.  Nothing I
could do would could get rid of the memory errors on boot up.

        I ran all the diagnostics/system checks that Compaq preloads on the
computer.  Sometimes it "saw" the new memory........sometimes it didn't.
Nothing I did could solve the memory check errors.

        Is there something more to this than just snapping a few new memory
modules in?

        Thanks..........

        Doug...........

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