On Sun, Mar 08, 2009 at 03:00:59AM +0000, Rick wrote: > Since memory has become quite cheap lately I decided to move from 2 GB > to 6. When I installed the memory every thing was fine until I went to > run level 5. At that point the screen turned to garbage and the system > froze. Is there a way to fix this so I can use the memory I bought? Do > I need a new display card? > > Current hardware: > > Intel D975XBX2 Motherboard > VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV505 [Radeon X1550 64-bit] That sounds pretty strange. Have you confirmed that removing the "new" memory allows you to run in runlevel 5 again? If so, maybe you need to adjust some memory timing settings in BIOS. Ray