Sorry, i re-read your post and saw that you are using 2 sticks,, if you have 4 slots for ram, insert one into the first slow, skip a slot and put the second stick in the 3rd slot, give it a try.
ok.. so if you put in both sticks, what does it do? some motherboards require you to enter the bios setup. and exit and save it before it will use the full amount. give that a try and let me know how it works out.
So when your in the bios it reports the 2 gigs? or only 1 gig? have you checked for a bios update from emachines/acer?
they may have to be a set pair, the 2 different sticks may not be able to operate together, not very common, but.
see if you can get a hold of a paired package of 2x1GB sticks that were made to be together, usually called a dual channel kit.
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The motherboard has only two slots and the limit is 1gb per slot. I have 1gb of RAM in each slot for a total of 2GB.
When both sticks are in, the system will only see 1GB. I have entered the BIOS to see if there is any type of configuration for RAM. In the BIOS for eMachines, it reports the amount of RAM and single or dual channel, but there is no configuring options. I save every time I exit the BIOS.
It reports 1GB. I have looked for a bios update from eMachines but not from Acer.
some computers require ram be installed in a certain way, how many ram slots do you have, and how many sticks of ram are you using?
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