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I just remembered something, if no RAM is installed, BIOS should whine by beeping and then turn the system off.
I.e., when those 2x128 MB are not detected the system should have been beeping. Not that it really matters...
Obviously, both of them seems bad - though I guess you could try them in the other computer.
If it does, a possible solution is one 256 stick in the old computer, and 256 + 128 MB in the new one.
Fixing the memory slot would entail replacing the motherboard. This is because it's hard to pinpoint where exactly the problem is (the slot? memory controller? minor circuit?) and because even if you could, it's probably both cheaper and way easier.
Hope that helps
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