PC not recognising new RAM
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gibbleking
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your hd needs a certain amout of space to move data around .if the space is to o small then it will freeze.at 96 percent fella thats not even enough to defrag let alone run the pc properly .as they say external hds are teh way to go ...dead cheap too. 
Copy your entire HD on to disc's[theres a files transfer wizard]
Then wipe your entire HD ,reinstall your OP
You can then view the files on the discs and transfer to the now cleaned system the files you want to keep,pics ,programs,games etc
Dump the rest
Or buy an external HD[and 80GB is pretty cheap nowadays]
And transfer the majority of your onboard HD to the external
Then wipe your entire HD ,reinstall your OP
You can then view the files on the discs and transfer to the now cleaned system the files you want to keep,pics ,programs,games etc
Dump the rest
Or buy an external HD[and 80GB is pretty cheap nowadays]
And transfer the majority of your onboard HD to the external
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Russel I got the PM but only just remembered to reply,
BIOS, give it ago, at the least it should reset thing a bit (did you go in to the BIOS and reset to make it recheck for things.)
It does say that the chipset can take 3GB, though only having the two slots cuts this down to the 2GB (2x1GB). Run's up to DDR400 (PC3200) and certainly 1GB per DIMM (as it says)
I could put more thigns down to try (CPU-Z for example) but why bother when we really know a
shiney new laptop would be a better, easier let alone fast in both CPU and graphics option ;-)
P.S. It could be the integrated graphics has decided to take 1GB on that would mean it would normally only show 1GB in windows, though I assume it still only shows the 2x512GB in the statup POST.
BIOS, give it ago, at the least it should reset thing a bit (did you go in to the BIOS and reset to make it recheck for things.)
It does say that the chipset can take 3GB, though only having the two slots cuts this down to the 2GB (2x1GB). Run's up to DDR400 (PC3200) and certainly 1GB per DIMM (as it says)
I could put more thigns down to try (CPU-Z for example) but why bother when we really know a
shiney new laptop would be a better, easier let alone fast in both CPU and graphics option ;-)
P.S. It could be the integrated graphics has decided to take 1GB on that would mean it would normally only show 1GB in windows, though I assume it still only shows the 2x512GB in the statup POST.
Russell":oh3a6n7h said:
I had exactly this problem at one time! The only solution is to upgrade the motherboard (or buy a new PC). The RAM is working fine but the chipset on the motherboard can't cope with high capacity chips. This isn't something that a BIOS update will solve unfortunately.
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