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by **lostboy** » Thu Jul 01, 2004 4:59 pm

hi all just took out my ram to see what kind it was so i can buy more ram. its 256mb dimm. now heres the problem ive just put it back in my computer and now my computer is saying i have only 128mb???WHAT??? confussed can any one help???

by **Geekgirl** » Thu Jul 01, 2004 5:15 pm

Did you put it back in the #1 Dimm slot? Try and re-seat it again.

by **teststrips** » Thu Jul 01, 2004 7:15 pm

was it detected as 256mb before? If it's a double density dimm and your computer only supports single sided ram, then it'll never detect right. Also if it's an older pc it might not accept bigger ram sticks than 128.

by **lostboy** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 5:22 pm

by **Geekgirl** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 5:31 pm

by **lostboy** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 8:15 pm

At control panel, system

by **noby** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 2:22 pm

you can test memory with memtest86+

http://www.memtest.org/

noby

by **lostboy** » Tue Jul 06, 2004 3:20 pm

just tried that ram tester and its says its fine apart from the fact thats its still picking it up as 128mb. Is there something in the bios that i could change? could it be a virus?

by **noby** » Tue Jul 06, 2004 4:28 pm

put the memory in the ither bank, by removing the graphics card first, install the memory, and put the graphics card back in
if your memory still is seen as 128, you could try cleaning the contacts with a soft pencil erasor (but do it gently)

noby

by **lostboy** » Wed Jul 07, 2004 2:27 pm

just tried that, its in the other slot right now and its still saying 128mb, is there anything in the bios I could change?

by **Geekgirl** » Wed Jul 07, 2004 2:45 pm

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