my RAM...

acidflair · Post by **acidflair** » 2004-03-01 18:24

i recently upgraded my RAM 256 to supposedly 512...
i put in the 512, i already had 256 in, and now it says i only have 512..not 768??....
ne one know if there is a setting to change or something?...
thanx...

AF

TheParanoidOne · Post by **TheParanoidOne** » 2004-03-01 18:41

Your BIOS would be the place to start.

Gasman1015 · Post by **Gasman1015** » 2004-03-01 18:45

Take out memory, place 512 in first bank and 256 in second bank.

acidflair · Post by **acidflair** » 2004-03-01 18:49

thought as much, and ideas on where/what to change mate..i just want to get the info before start messing round....
thanx for the reply mate...

AF

Post by **GargoyleMT** » 2004-03-01 22:23

Look at in your BIOS for memory display, and settings that might limit the amount of memory (I don't think I've ever seen one). Take a look at your motherboard manual for instructions on which DIMM/RIMM slots are supposed to be filled in first, and for supported memory configurations. Ground yourself, then do as gasman says.

acidflair · Post by **acidflair** » 2004-03-02 09:56

ah, thanx for the advice guys, thanx very much...
will try that straight away....

AF

p.s. BOOM!...lol

acidflair · Post by **acidflair** » 2004-03-02 10:35

ah, my fault, i missed step 1. make sure RAM is plugged in.

lol, it popped out when i put the other in...
thanx again...

AF

joakim_tosteberg · Post by **joakim_tosteberg** » 2004-03-02 10:50

acidflair wrote:ah, my fault, i missed step 1. make sure RAM is plugged in.

lol, it popped out when i put the other in...
thanx again...

AF

Then you can be lucky that you didn't burn the memory, happend to me once but with an old memory which I had plenty.

TheParanoidOne · Post by **TheParanoidOne** » 2004-03-02 14:29

GargoyleMT wrote:might limit the amount of memory (I don't think I've ever seen one).

I've not seen anything that does exactly that either, but I know that the BIOS in my desktop allows me to enable/disable individual memory banks. It's quite possible that in some PCs, this feature may exist with some banks disabled by default. A dumb default perhaps, but you never know.

acidflair · Post by **acidflair** » 2004-03-02 16:18

yeah luckily, i was just a plain idiot, lol...
must have popped out when i put the other in, i was lucky not to burn it out like....glad for that...
still had to buy a new psu tho!!!!!!!!!!.....
set it self up as soon as i put it in..

AF