Comments on: How to install Laptop RAM

By: jason s.

jason s. — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:22:31 +0000

heres a question … i recently attempted to change the ram in my everex stepnote va4300m. after opening the plastic backing i noticed a silver casing around the ram.this was not in any of the video’s i had previously watched when learning how to remove ram(the person in the video just took off the laptop backing and the ram was just sitting there waiting to be removed). the material is like tin-foil but only a lot stronger. after gently pulling up on it, only to see that it wasn’t budging, i decided to look for a little advice before i went any further.i’m sure that the tin-foil material is only to protect it, but i’m not sure if it is meant to be removed together with the ram, as a solid unit, or if it is meant to be torn off before begining the project.
thanks for listening.

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:48:07 +0000

This is actually in response to a response several entries ago. The Toshiba Satellite A135 upgraded from 512 MB that now has 894MB showing, this is not normal behavior, the memory isn’t going to the video card. If the user had gone looking before upgrading, he would have noticed that the machine was only registering 477MB of his 512MB card. I am having the same 894MB issue after having installed 2GB on the machine (it is only seeing 477MB per slot).

By: Aoon

Aoon — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:51:57 +0000

RE: “I bought a Microslate ruggerised laptop 2 years ago (big mistake). I tried to install 1 GB RAM card. Once install, nothing work. I removed the card and everything works like a charm. I guess that 1 GB is too much. I currently have 256 MB and just idling, I run at 300 MB. How can I figure the max RAM I can install? There is no manual and Microslate (the maker) closed dwon in 2006.”

go to crucial.com and download ther scanner thingy

By: Richard J

Richard J — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:02:10 +0000

I am trying to upgrade the memory in my Dell Inspiron 4000 laptop by adding two 256 MB for a total of 512. After checking the specs and verifying with Dell customer support that the following memory would work, this is what I bought:

Two Single 256MB PC100 144PIN SODIMM SDRAM for Laptops / Notebooks
Chip Configuration: 32X64 High Density
Unbuffered, Non Ecc, Non Registered
High Speed
144 Gold-Plated Pins DDR2 SODIMM

I installed the memory per the instructions but cannot get the laptop to work. After inserting the new memory, the machine will not boot up at all — it briefly flickers but will not boot. I tried switching the memory around but get the same results. When I put the old memory back in, it boots up fine.

Any suggestions?

By: Krysstahh

Krysstahh — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 02:14:55 +0000

Hello I have an acer 5100 media edition and my uncle had added more RAM’s on to the laptop but a couple of months with the larger ram’s I had to reboot my whole system back to it’s orginal state. how can I find out if it is installed properly and actaually working, because it’s running slower then when he added the rams before.

By: Vance Shaw

Vance Shaw — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 06:04:05 +0000

I just attempted to replace my memory modules with two Patriot PC2700 333 Mhz. 200 Pin 1 GB DDR SoDimms. When I attempted to turn on the laptop the light went on but nobody was home. As far as I can tell these are the appropriate modules. When I went into the bios setup I could find nothing that could cause a conflict with RAM. What could be the problem?

By: Matthew Neuenswander

Matthew Neuenswander — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:42:13 +0000

Hi, I have a slightly older gateway that has 512MB DDR ram. I am looking at upgrading to 2GB DDR2 but wanted to know if the slot sizes are the same for DDR and DDR2 or if there are compatibility issues between the ram types. Thanks

By: zubair

zubair — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:03:32 +0000

Hi,

I have a unusual problem
here it goes.

I bought a New 1GB RAM for my laptop (config below).
From Transend 1GB DDR2 667 SO-DIMM

I have 1GB RAM already on my laptop and I wanted to add a addtional 1GB RAM to this.

Now my problem is its not detecting. (BIOS says 1GB no matter what).

I replaced the OLD RAM with the new one to check if the RAM is working but this working fine.

Now I figured tht the second SO-DIMM slot is either disabled on not working.

1. If it is Disabled how can I enable it ?
2. If its not working then what should I do ?

HELP

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By: Bryce W

Bryce W — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 04:53:51 +0000

Jo,

Windows XP doesnt support any more than 3gb of RAM. You can HAVE 4gb but XP will only use 3gb of it.