I made sure it worked with my laptop. Is there any reason it wouldn't work? It says that I have the same amount of RAM that I had before the install, (504mb) this really sucks!
2007-03-11 11:48:04 · 5 answers · asked by Pump 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
Where do I check memory specs?
2007-03-12 09:46:23 · update #1
what type of memory did you have in your laptop before. you need to make sure that the type that you replace it with is compatible. on the old memory stick it should read something like 512mb DDR pc2700 533mhz, or something to that effect. If this is the case you need to buy 1 gig DDR pc2700 533 mhz memory stick.
2007-03-15 05:39:23 · answer #1 · answered by lapyramid 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ok first make sure all of the contacts on the new ram are clean and undamaged, second make sure it is seated properly, I had the same problem from ram that was not seated properly and would not read, last what the other peeps are saying is exactly correct make sure the laptop can handle a 1 gig stick of ram in 1 single slot, make sure their is not bios limitation on ram size , also put the new ram in the number 1 slott take out the 512 card and make sure it is not trying to run the 2 cards in spread spectrum mode in the bios as that is only for matched ram ( ex 2 x 512 or 2 x 1024 mb ram ) also make sure the windows has no limitation on running ram, as funny as it might sound
I did 1 time put 2 x 1 gig cards into a e machine , then had to call emachine to get a down load to allow the operating system to run that much ram ( yes it was win xp home )
most copys of xp only have a problem running 4 x 1024 mb ram cards , but I have no idea what the speck's are on your machine. Good Luck . Greg
P.S. if the bios can not see the ram, then either
1 the ram is bad
2 its not seated properly
3 the ram is out of the limit for that main board
( ex my laptops can only run 2 x 512mb pc 3200 max )
2007-03-11 12:08:10 · answer #2 · answered by movingpictures4u 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi! Have you checked into the memory specifications of your laptop? I'm sure it should be able to take 1GB of ram, but make sure there are no limitations on each slot. For example, if you have 2 ram slots, make sure you can actually put 1GB of ram in one slot versus 2- 512MB sticks. Also, did you take the old ram chip out? If not, maybe you need to put the new chip in the primary slot. Otherwise, it my be a BIOS issue. Hope this helps.
2007-03-11 11:55:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
First it depends on the size of the other ram stick that is installed. sometimes the computer can only recognize equal amounts.
Also, the bios may need to be adjusted. most of them adjust automatically, but it may have problems reading.
i would check these few things and if everything looks good, remove the old stick and just try the new one to see if it works. then put the old one in the new slot
2007-03-11 11:54:58 · answer #4 · answered by BILL@CA 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-18 11:13:20 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋