I would suggest you to restart the system and tap F2 at the Dell logo screen in order to access the system BIOS. Please send me the screenshot of the BIOS page in private message.
Also, I have added you as a friend. Please accept my friend request by clicking on my name highlighted in blue and then click on “Friends” tab at the top and then click on “Request to Review” and finally click on “Accept” button.
I am sending you a private message as well. Click on “Inbox” to respond to the message so I may access your system records and check for further course of action. You could also click on Start Conversation to send a private message.
We purchased 6 of these Dell Vostro 230 Mini Desktops for our office and finally had to upgrade one of them to 4GB DDR3 ram because the new UPS 2014 system update needs more ram. At first we experienced the same issue as the original postor. We resolved the issue by updating the BIOS here:
After Downloading and updating the BIOs. Restart the computer, then after it restarts turn off the computer and install your 4GB DDR3 1333 RAM and it should work... Please note Windows 32bit only recognizes only 3 to 3.5GB of usable RAM
DELL-Manshu S
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November 21st, 2012 01:00
Hi Terry,
We regret the inconvenience caused to you.
I would suggest you to restart the system and tap F2 at the Dell logo screen in order to access the system BIOS. Please send me the screenshot of the BIOS page in private message.
Also, I have added you as a friend. Please accept my friend request by clicking on my name highlighted in blue and then click on “Friends” tab at the top and then click on “Request to Review” and finally click on “Accept” button.
I am sending you a private message as well. Click on “Inbox” to respond to the message so I may access your system records and check for further course of action. You could also click on Start Conversation to send a private message.
Thanks & Regards
Manshu S
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November 21st, 2012 01:00
Thanks Manshu. As other user is using the computer, I have to wait until they finish their work so that I can take a picture for you.
DELL-Manshu S
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November 21st, 2012 01:00
Hi,
Please send the details in Private Message only.
Thanks & Regards
Manshu S
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Bavish M.
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January 13th, 2014 11:00
I am having the same problem as listed above please help me
Nixeus Technolo
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March 20th, 2014 18:00
We purchased 6 of these Dell Vostro 230 Mini Desktops for our office and finally had to upgrade one of them to 4GB DDR3 ram because the new UPS 2014 system update needs more ram. At first we experienced the same issue as the original postor. We resolved the issue by updating the BIOS here:
http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/04/DriverDetails/Product/vostro-230?driverId=TFK2N&osCode=ww1&fileId=2731098887&languageCode=en&categoryId=BI
After Downloading and updating the BIOs. Restart the computer, then after it restarts turn off the computer and install your 4GB DDR3 1333 RAM and it should work... Please note Windows 32bit only recognizes only 3 to 3.5GB of usable RAM
Nixeus Technolo
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March 20th, 2014 18:00
We had the same issue and resolved it by updating the DELL VOSTRO's BIOs.
The old BIOS can only read DDR3 1066MHz RAM.
Before installing your new RAM, update your DELL VOSTRO 230's BIOs here:
http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/04/DriverDetails/Product/vostro-230?driverId=TFK2N&osCode=ww1&fileId=2731098887&languageCode=en&categoryId=BI
After updating the BIOs install your new RAM and it should recognize DDR3 1333MHz RAM and accept it.