BsoD after memory upgrade on an inspiron 600m(laptop)

[slice223]

I was installing 2gb memory on the Inspiron laptop since it supports 2GB max. The laptop supports DDR SDRAM 333 MHz ( PC2700 ). Once installed, I ran it and once it gets to the desktop screen I get BsoD. I tried with the original 512 memory that came with the laptop originally and I would still get the same BsoD.

I re-installed the OS(windows XP) again and still same result.

Any ideas?

 

[repairit]

What is the stop code on the BSOD?

 

[slice223]

What is the stop code on the BSOD?

@ Repairit: I'm sorry for the late response ,but the error code I get is

0x000000a

 

[vdub12]

Sounds like memory.

Try one stick at a time and run memtest86 to test each stick.

By the way I own one of those m600's there good little notebooks.

 

[slice223]

I just finished the memory check with memtest86 and they both passed with no errors. I re-installed the memory and haven't had BsoD so far when turning it back on.

Edit:Scratch that...Was installing a game on the laptop(its my cousins laptop by the way) and got 0x100000a

 

[vdub12]

I just finished the memory check with memtest86 and they both passed with no errors. I re-installed the memory and haven't had BsoD so far when turning it back on.

Edit:Scratch that...Was installing a game on the laptop(its my cousins laptop by the way) and got 0x100000a

I think you have a video problem. That notebook uses an older ATI chipset. What drivers are you using? Are you using Windows xp's drivers or Dells?

 

[slice223]

I installed the Dell drivers

 

[vdub12]

I installed the Dell drivers

Try role back the drive to the XP driver. Or see if its available on Windows update.

Also you could see if ATI offers a more updated driver. I am sure there hasn't been an update in years but I am sure it would be more current then Dells driver. Also Dell made 2 different 600M's. one had a different video chipset. make sure that the driver dell offered for your service tag is the right driver for the computer. I think the difference was a different motherboard that supported a higher bus speed. Its been a long time I cant remember but I know the video chipset was different.