MacBook Pro with 1 SIMM

Can you run with just one simm installed? I ordered 2 4GB modules for my 17" 3.06 MHz. One or both of the simms had problems. I had screen flashes (streaks of light across the screen) and panic crashes along with app crashes. I took out 1 to trouble shoot the problem. I would still have occasional panic crashes and app crashes, but not near as often as with both modules. Usually I would go between 13,000 seconds to 20,000 between panic crashes. I eventually change both modules, but only have one installed, waiting on the other one. Will just one simm installed cause crashes?

Brain ****...yes it uses DIMMs. Still have the problem had a panic crash this morning. Here is the header information for the crash. Is there anyone out there that can look at this and tell me if it is a ram caused crash?
Interval Since Last Panic Report: 5598 sec
Panics Since Last Report: 2
Anonymous UUID: CBD8042D-E9E0-4620-BC20-66DF3D4087C2
Thu Nov 12 09:32:23 2009
panic(cpu 1 caller 0x2a7ac2): Kernel trap at 0x0000170f, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x8001003b, CR2: 0x0000003e, CR3: 0x00100000, CR4: 0x00000660
EAX: 0x00000000, EBX: 0x00000000, ECX: 0x08451900, EDX: 0x00000000
CR2: 0x0000003e, EBP: 0x0000028e, ESI: 0x00000000, EDI: 0x00000000
EFL: 0x00010206, EIP: 0x0000170f, CS: 0x00000008, DS: 0x00000010
Error code: 0x00000002
Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x84562e8 : 0x21b2bd (0x5cf868 0x845631c 0x223719 0x0)
0x8456338 : 0x2a7ac2 (0x591c30 0x170f 0xe 0x591dfa)
0x8456418 : 0x29d968 (0x8456430 0x72756f53 0x28e 0x170f)
0x8456428 : 0x170f (0xe 0x74650048 0x68740010 0x43490010)
Unaligned frame
Backtrace terminated-invalid frame pointer 0x28e
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task
Mac OS version:
10C540

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