Your mobo may not support that type of 256 Mb DIMMS, check the documentation.When you get a Win protection error and BSOD's, if the DIMM is not bad, it is incompatible.

>Earlier today I attempted to upgrade a beige box (AMD800 w/128MB RAM, W98SE)
>with a 256MB DIMM (Viking PC133).  Successful memory check upon boot; but I
>get either a windows protection error when starting windows, or BSODs (vcache
>& vxd errors) if windows actually boots.  This occurs  whether the new DIMM
>is installed by itself or with the original 128MB (also PC133).  In the BIOS
>settings (Award) the options for the DIMM sockets are "Normal", "Fast",
>"Turbo" & "SDRAM 8/10ns".  Tried 'em all to no avail.  I thought bad memory,
>but that very same DIMM is causing no errors on my own AMD950; been playing
>Max Payne for the past 2 hours with it installed.  Any ideas?
>
>
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