memory for dell dimension 2300

I bought kingston memory for my dell and after about three weeks later I get the blue screen. I have 1 stick of kingston 512mb pc2700. Can somebody tell me if I have to use memory from dell or is there another brand that will work with my model. Or is there something else wrong. Please help if you can.

Thank You

 

Try running [google]memtest86[/google] to see if your stick's faulty.

 

Which download should I do.

Pre-Compiled Memtest86 v3.2 installable from Windows and DOS
or
Memtest86 v3.2 ISO image (zip)

 

The first one.

 

did you reset the cmos?? u cud try it just to see. where abouts is the blue screen happen? and have u tried your old ram and still get the same problem and finally what ram is it??? post back and ill try ad get you some results Dave :good:

 

The old ram works fine. The blue screen will happen when the computer is at idle and it has only happen 3 times in 2 months. The ram is kingston value ram pc2700 512mb. I do not have the exact model number with me. The computer is at work. Should I buy a different brand or buy the memory from dell.