Ok so I check my system properties and realised I had a pitiful 224mb of RAM (a very random amount I know). So I decided to invest in a couple of 1gb sticks. They came, I inserted, and EXPECTED to check system properties again and see 2gb installed. But for some reason it only says 992 MB.

Guessing I may need tpo give more info but I'm hoping theres a quick easy answer.

I did notice that the stick I removed only had chips along one side, whereas the 2 I just bought have chips on both sides. Does this mean I bought the wrong type? I know it takes DDR and think it supports a max of 2gb in total, but are there any other specs which affect it? For example I'm noticing different "mHz" ratings on different RAM.

Any help much appreciated, and in the mean time I'll try and GET morre info1 stick is not being reported...how is it reported in the BIOS on your startup screen ? ?
Is this RAM from eBay or new ? ?
If you have 4 slots you may need to go in slots 1 and 3 or 2 and 4 depending on your MBoard...I got it off ebay from fastmemoryman, who I since found out is a complete CROOK so I'm surprised it turned up at all.

And no my motherboard only has 2 slots. Think I'll try each stick individually and hoping that will show that one stick ain't workingDLoad and run MemTest on each stick to see if in fact they are healthy...off the TOP of my head i would say he sold you 2 512 sticks and kept the profits...