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October 17th, 2015 15:00
RAM change in Inspiron 1520 does not show changes
My Laptop -Inspiron 1520, 32 bit came with 2GB of RAM and 160 GB of HD. The computer is now running really, really slow and I have only about 20GB of HDD left.
I checked out Dell's site to see what I need to do to upgrade and seeing the I can upgrade to 4GB of RAM and 750GB of HDD, I thought to do so.
First I checked in with Dell, gave them my S-tag and was told yes, I can upgrade to 4GB of RAM and 750 of HD.
Don't know what happened but I changed the RAM this morning from 2 x1GB to 2 x 2GB but on checking the computer says I have only 2GB of RAM installed.
Can anyone say why that is? I did some googling and youtubing and I seem to be getting the sense that I need a 64bit OS in order to have the 4GB show up. Still shouldn't the computer at least acknowledge the 4GB installed even if it cannot use it all?
Should I be updating BIOS and drivers? Haven't done so in a couple of years or more and I did see a number of updates including BIOS and driver's on Dell's site for the 1520.
insp2350
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October 17th, 2015 16:00
No. it doesn't either. I'm trying the socket now.
appreciate the quick response.
ejn63
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October 17th, 2015 16:00
Does the system setup (F2 at powerup) recognize the new RAM? If it doesn't, try each module one at a time -- if both work in one socket but not the other, though -- it's the socket that's bad.
insp2350
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October 17th, 2015 17:00
All is well now!!
DIMMA beneath the keyboard was not seated properly.
I have to wonder who would think up a frustrating idea of putting a memory socket beneath a laptop, keyboard ugh!!
Anyway it is now reading 4GB.
thanks again.
. . . except is says 4.00 GB (3.49 GB usable) That would be because. . .?