when i first brought my pc it said it had 512 ram but it always said only 256 is installed so after a year i brought 2 512 sticks and added them but had to take the original out because it was not compatable so i should be running a gig now
my pc says its still only running 256 ram
heres the spec which says the ram is installed
anyone know what the problem could be
Operating System System Model
Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (build 2600) Enclosure Type: Desktop
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
1.80 gigahertz AMD Sempron
128 kilobyte primary memory cache
256 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. nForce
Bus Clock: 200 megahertz
BIOS: Award Software International, Inc. F6 08/13/2004
Drives Memory Modules c,d
164.69 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
138.49 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space
_NEC DVD_RW ND-3520A [CD-ROM drive]
TSSTcorp DVD-ROM SH-D162C [CD-ROM drive]
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]
HDS722516VLAT80 [Hard drive] (164.69 GB) – drive 0, s/n VN643ECDERL8JD, rev V34OA6MA, SMART Status: Healthy 256 Megabytes Installed Memory
Slot ‘A0’ has 512 MB
Slot ‘A1’ has 512 MB
Slot ‘’ is Empty
Local Drive Volumes
c: (NTFS on drive 0) 16.47 GB 2.62 GB free
f: (NTFS on drive 0) 148.22 GB 135.87 GB free