Generic of course :manvery-happy:  to the specs from my manual though, PC2700 333MHZ 184 pin DDR ram

 

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS:

    CONDITION:                 Brand New

    SIZE:                                   2GB/2048MB (2x1GB)

    SPEED:                              PC2700 333Mhz DDR Memory (Backwards Compatible with PC2100) 

    CHIP
   CONFIGURATION:    128x64

    CHIP DENSITY:           128x4 (High Density)

    VOLTAGE:                       2.5V

    CAS LATENCY:             3

    Unbuffered, Non ECC, Non Registered

   184 Gold-Plated Pins, SPD Support  

that looks just like the font from an ebay auction i just won, purchased the same exact ram. hope it works when it arrives tho :(.

 

The ram could be faulty...........but i would rather think that it is incompatiable with your system, re3search a little more on high density and low denisity ram. if im right and you bought it off ebay, the auction should tell you more.

hope this helps :)

Dell's are picky about RAM.  Some will work, some will not.  Crucial is one brand that is guaranteed to work with a Dell. www.crucial.com  Crucial also has a configuratator that will list what memory is compatible with your specific Dell model.

 

Also, if the memory was not handled or packaged correctly it can be bad.  Memory is very sensitive to static.  Only the (non connector) edges of the memory modules should be touched and if you do not have a "grounded wrist strap" (to ground yourself to the PC) you need to touch the metal frame of the PC before touching the memory modules.