Satellite A105-S2001 wont boot after memory upgrade

I just tried to upgrade my memory from 512mb to 2 gb using 2 1gb memory chips from crucial. When i insert both memory chips at the same time my laptop wont boot, it'll attempt to but stop in the middle of the process and try again 5 or 6 times. Nothin shows up on the screen. The same thing happens when i put only one 1gb chip in. When i put my old 512mb chip in and one 1gb chip the computer boots but only recognizes 960mb or ram. i also updated my bios.
thanks

Sounds like incompatible memory. Fortunately, Crucial is very good about honoring their compatibility guarantee so you should be able to get them exchanged. You can get very strange results with incompatible chips due to the differences in timing specs. That would account for what you're seeing. I assume it works normally if you have just the original 512MB chip in place.

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=======================
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