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Mark Twain wrote:
> That's correct with the black and white slots. I
> was kind of wondering about the different colors 
> when I opened it up.
> 
>  So having tested all the slots and both DIMMS do
> you feel it's safe to put them both back in ?
> 
> In passing, I also did system updates during this 
> time. 
> 
> Thanks,
> Robert 

If both DIMMs work tested individually, then
you can try for dual channel mode and plug
both in.

*******

You can also use a memory test program, to test
that all the bits in the memory are good.

For example, half way down this page, are floppy
based and ISO (CD) based, compressed packages for
memory test. On the floppy one, you run "install.bat"
on a 32-bit machine or "install64.bat" on a 64-bit
machine, and it erases/formats/writes a floppy containing
a memory test program. (The other contents of the
floppy are removed!) Running the test program for
one pass (there's a counter) says the RAM is good.
There shouldn't be any error message printed on the screen.
Pressing  exits the test program and then you
can reboot into Windows. It can take up to a couple
hours to test a machine-load of RAM.

http://www.memtest.org/

And you boot that floppy, once you make it. Once
prepared, the files on the floppy cannot be listed.
The "install.bat" writes them in an invisible mode.
But rest assured, the floppy will boot, even though
there is nothing obvious on the floppy. I have a
couple of those floppy diskettes next to me, that
I use for memory testing. In a sense, the contents
of the floppy are their own OS - it's simply a
program that takes control of the entire computer.

    Paul
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