Kingston and generic memory won't work

[paoloissic]

hey guys i bought a kingston 512 MB DDR 400 yesterday. i was so excited to try it in my coputer. but when i got home, i put the memory in my computer turned the power on and then.....tooooot...tooooot...tooooot..aw crap :crying: ...it didn't work.. i tried removing my old memory and use the kingston only and it worked...tried using them both in different slots and the no POST occured again. here's the thing i noticed...my old memory is two sided but the kingston is only single...could it be the point of failure? because my old memory and the kingston have the same specs. they're both DDR 400 512MB...my board is MSI K8N NEO 2 (939)..and my memory configuration there is 1T timing agressive and the rest is default...what d'ya think is the problem?

[JoshuaJonah]

Well, for starters, ddr 400 memory is ALWAYS double sided. Either you bought it from an honest retailer who made a mistake, or you go in there tommorrow and they have stangely dissappeared and the storefront is for lease:D

[paoloissic]

well i went there a while ago and i changed the brand. good thing they have the same memory brand as the one that im using today...the brand is PH but i think it's a generic brand. i dunno.. at least it worked in my computer... i now have 1GB of memory hehehe... i was able to play FEAR better now...:thumb: