New ram a problem

[Voltaire199]

I just upgraded my ram from 256 to 512, and now when I try to play some higher end games, they crash soon after startup. It is a total system crash, and i have to turn the computer off. The system does regester the ram, and the strange thin is that I can play Star Wars, Knights of the old Republic (my most taxing game), and not Unreal 2004 or MVP baseball. I dont understand it.
Im going to download the newest video drivers, but any other suggestions would be helpful.
Voltaire

specs-
new ram- 32X64 256MB PC133 SDRAM
radeon 9000 pro
1.1 AMD athlon
Windows XP

[no.1gamer]

I think the problem is that you're using a Microsoft operating system.

;)

I suggest you take back your RAM to the store in exchange for some by a different manufacturer.

[Voltaire199]

ok. is there anything i should specifically trade it in for?

[Renzatic Gear]

Any brandname ram would do you good, namely Kingston, Kingmax, Mushkin, or if you're a big spender, Corsair.

That is if you can still find those brands in non-DDR flavor nowadays.

[Voltaire199]

Thank you all. The problem went away when I installed the drivers. happy gaming