Kt4 ultra memory problem

Hey guys, hopefully someone here can recommend some help!  I have the kt4 Ultra motherboard and i've had it for about 8 months.  I have an amd 2600+ and up until now i've had 2 256mb 266mhz micron ddr ram chips in it.  I added a 512mb 266mhz crucial memory chip today.  No matter what I do it will never recognize more than 512mb ram.  I can just run the 2 256mbs and it recognizes 512, i can just run the new 512 and it recognizes fine, if i put all 3 in (or the 512 and one 256) it reads 512.  Everything runs ok, no lockups no reboots anything like that, but i'm out 512mb of ram.
I flashed the bios to the newest version but still no help.
I have the bios set to "spd" and i tried playing around with those numbers but it didn't help.
anyone have any ideas?
thanks in advance!

Yes I am starting to realize that I never should have tried mixing brands.  I attempted what you said and its recognizing the 512 only.  Any suggestions (besides eating the 15% restocking fee and sending the new one back)?

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