how do you get to the place where you can mess with the ram settings?

Question

beacuse i have been going through the computer bios to see if i can get my ram to work. yes its the right type of ram and yes my computer can support 2gb and im adding 1gb to get 2gb.

Answer 1

mobo should recognize your ram automatically and inform BIOS of what it has found.

of course, if your ram isn't properly seated, it can't be recognized and so won't work.

the required ram specs are in your mobo's documentation. If you've lost the original documents, the mobo maker's website has 'em online for ya.

some mobos are not tolerant of different spec ram in different slots ... they read the ram in the first slot and expect all ram to be of same type and specs.

you also have to make sure you're putting the ram into the correct slots. for example, on my mobo, you can make 2 gb run in any of four 512 mb units, two 1 gb units, or one 1gb plus two 512 mb units -- BUT only if you put the units into the correct slots as per the mobo instructions.

some older mobos have jumpers that have to be set to tell the mobo how much ram to look for. my guess would be than no mobo capable of running 2 gb has that ancient feature and I can't guarantee what slop comes out of China.



GL