I recently worked on my neighbors old computer and noticed that he had two sticks of 32 mb ram and two 128 sticks of ram
I pulled out the two 32's and replaced them with two 256's so I should have like 750 mb of ram now but I only have like 350 or so. Any thoughts on how to get the computer to fully reconize all the ram?
2007-11-19 05:48:11 · 7 answers · asked by camkuegel 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
Crucial's website (http://www.crucial.com/) has a handy tool that will scan your motherboard and currently installed memory, and report on the possible upgrades. This will help you diagnose and avoid any issues about RAM type conflicts or BIOS limitations.
They also have a downloadable version you can keep on a USB drive to run quick scans if you do this type of work often.
2007-11-19 06:02:34 · answer #1 · answered by S. M. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi. The older computers needed matched sets of RAM and could only recognize just so much. That must be a REAL old machine. It would pull the 128 sticks and see if the 256s can then be read.
2007-11-19 13:52:37 · answer #2 · answered by Cirric 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, its probably an old computer,so even though it has 4 slot, may only support X amount of ram. Make sure all the ram is compatible, and also check the directions, sometimes you need to have the ram in certain slots depending on size.
Remember though, that all of the ram will run at the slowest speed,the speed of the slowest stick you have.
2007-11-19 13:54:43 · answer #3 · answered by lynx6201 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have a parity issue. The parity of one of the replacements doesn't match the original ram configurations. Also, You should look up the motherboard specs and see if you are trying to put in more memory than the MB can recognize.
2007-11-19 13:53:05 · answer #4 · answered by Professor Moriarti 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Is the RAM buss speed compatible with the MB? if yes then one of the RAM pieces is defected
2007-11-19 13:56:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check the BIOS settings, also visit Crucial.com for advice, they have a scanner than can "see" what is needed and make recommendations. :)
2007-11-19 13:52:04 · answer #6 · answered by Life after 45 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
give the make and model so we can help you
2007-11-21 11:11:13 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋