Reboot problem associated with memory

[mike_2457]

I'm a running a 450 Mhz PC with 128 MB of RAM. When I power on, my system beeps once, counts memory a few times, and boots up. In Windows 98, if I select: Shut down/restart, my computer shuts down and doesn't restart. Infact, it won't start up unless I remove my 64 MB SDRAM chip. Then it starts up fine. And if I reinsert the memory later, it starts up fine. As long as I select Shut down/Shut down, my PC powers up fine. Can anyone shed some light on this for me.

Thanks

[krayzie]

We've had numerous problems relating to RAM. This is what happened when we tried installing 128 in some computers:

Some instances were windows not booting.
Windows booting half-way then restarting.
Sometimes we needed to have a 64MB in the first slot.
Sometimes we needed to have a 32MB in the first and second slot.
Some PC didn't like some companies, but worked fine in other systems.

I would check Crucial (http://www.crucial.com) put in your system and it give you a whole bunch of info on RAM required.

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