Re: [newbie] Laptop memory not recognized
On Saturday September 13 2003 03:15 pm, Noah A Hicks wrote: > Thanks all for the input > After messing around with the BIOS it seems apparent that my > problem is located there. After turning off "quiet boot" I could > observe the system checking the memory up to "127mb passed ok". > The memory setting in the bios does not allow me to change the > value (ie it just displays the number) Is there any way to force > the BIOS to recognize my 256mb chip? > > Thanks > -Noah Noah, I've long wondered. I install additional, ram, but on boot even the bios doesn't see it. Made sure it was seated properly, the clips snapped into position the first time. Still no go. Take it out an redo the whole deal presto, added ram on boot. Blame it on gremlins ;) Either that or motherboards, try changin the order or the ram sticks around in the slots. Usually what works best is to put the best ram in slot1, then slot2, an so on. I had a board some time ago that didn't like this arrangment tho. Slot1 empty, slot2, then slot 3, slot4 worked fine tho. That said, FedEx has another 256MB Corsair stick on it's way to me, so I hope I remember this advice ;) -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Laptop memory not recognized
On Sun, 2003-09-14 at 06:15, Noah A Hicks wrote:
> Thanks all for the input
> After messing around with the BIOS it seems apparent that my problem is
> located there. After turning off "quiet boot" I could observe the system
> checking the memory up to "127mb passed ok".
> The memory setting in the bios does not allow me to change the value (ie
> it just displays the number) Is there any way to force the BIOS to
> recognize my 256mb chip?
>
> Thanks
> -Noah
Hate to say this, but if BIOS ain't seeing it, you can TRY to update
your BIOS, but chances are that it ain't going to see the RAM. The issue
might actually be that the RAM you are putting in is either a different
speed or it could be "double sided" whereas your current RAM is "single
sided" - or vice versa...
Try booting the machine with only the new RAM and see if it's
recognised...if not, then, well, um, you're shafted.
stephen kuhn - owner
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Re: [newbie] Laptop memory not recognized
On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 15:19:29 -0500 (CDT) Noah A Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> insightfully noted: >I just purchased a 256mb memory chip from ebay, physically installed in my >laptop and booted the computer. When I run the system monitor it still >showes exactly the same amount (128mb). Is there a way to fix this? >My hardware is as follows: >Dell Latitude LS 400 >PIII 400Mhz Did you remove the 128 and put the 256 in that slot, then add the 128??? Humor an old man and give that a try if you didn't do it that way. HTH, Mike -- "The man who views the world the same at 50 as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life" --Muhammad Ali Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Laptop memory not recognized
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 September 12, 2003 02:19 pm, Noah A Hicks wrote: > I just purchased a 256mb memory chip from ebay, physically installed > in my laptop and booted the computer. When I run the system monitor > it still showes exactly the same amount (128mb). Is there a way to > fix this? My hardware is as follows: > Dell Latitude LS 400 > PIII 400Mhz > > Thanks alot > -Noah Noah, does your BIOS see it during POST? If not that's where you need to start. If it does and you're still having trouble with the system not recognizing it, at the lilo boot screen hit Esc and type linux mem=the corrected amount and try that. It should work. I hope. Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User 244963 at http://counter.li.org Cooker on kernel 2.4.22-8mdk 14:29:44 up 2:39, 1 user, load average: 1.28, 0.43, 0.21 Win98 error 002: Insufficient diskspace. You need at least 300 GB free memory. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/Yi2KG11CaRuZZSIRArvTAJ4tCp9cMrlUHdvZKW/ZoLu3RM9A3QCeI639 K/c6yPzVbWlOBf+9ytuLLqU= =Fjj6 -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Laptop memory not recognized
I just purchased a 256mb memory chip from ebay, physically installed in my laptop and booted the computer. When I run the system monitor it still showes exactly the same amount (128mb). Is there a way to fix this? My hardware is as follows: Dell Latitude LS 400 PIII 400Mhz Thanks alot -Noah Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
