I did as Rick Glazier had suggested, removed the sticks twice, still no difference. Finally as a last resort went into the SetUp and restored it to Default settings, on reboot the missing RAM suddenly was showing. Maybe a combo of cleaning contacts and the Default settings, at any rate the problem is solved and thanks to all the off list suggestions I was given also. Everything someone else says helps me learn a little bit more. Kathy Do you want to signoff PCBUILD or just change to Digest mode - visit our web site: http://freepctech.com/pcbuild.shtml