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Ram upgrade installed !
XPS400 2.8Gig 820 D Dual Core -VIIV
O/S WinXP Media Center Edition 2005
3 G.B. DDR2 RAM PC5300 - 2-1G.B. 2-512M.B.
Samsung Hard Drive 250G.B. 7200RPM
Seagate externial 320G.B. H.D.7200RPM USB
ATI 128M.B.HYPER Mem PCI-E X16 X300SE.DIM
ATI TV Wonder Elite PCI
19" FP
Sigma-Tel Intergrated Audio 7.1 channel
Logitech G15 Keyboard
DVD-/+RW & DVD-ROM
Pertelian X2040 ForeSight Systems LCD information Display
Dell 944 AIO Printer
Sytem Blower Slot Fan
EASYWATCH LCD System Monitor /Fan Controller
I recieved an order from Crucial for a 2G.B. RAM kit containing 2 RAM sticks 1G.B. each DDR2 PC5300 ! I installed the RAM to Dimm 1 and Dimm 2 leaving slots 3&4 with 512M.B. sticks in each slot also PC5300. My system booted up fine gave me a prompt that new memory has been installed and a option to press either F1 or F2 to continue ! I pressd F1 and it booted to WinXP . MY ? is did I install these new 1 G.B. sticks to the proper slots ,I thought I had read somewhere you are suppose to put the new upgrade in slot 1 and 3 ,however the reason I went with the two slots I actually thought they where one and three they both had black connectors at the end of the slot and the other two slots had white ends ,I actualy thought I was installing to 1 an 3 because the way it was setup on the System Board they alternated first slot was back the one next to it was white ,then a black slot ,with white on the last one (these are the color of the tabs that lock the stick in place) . Since my system has properly reconized the RAM ,Iam assuming I installed it correctly and untill Iam told otherwise I will leave them as is ! Anyone who has anything to add ,your suggestions or comments are welcomed .
Thank You ,Gumba Nick
tyler_remmert
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March 27th, 2008 16:00
It would appear that the 1gb sticks go in the "white" clipped slots, and the smaller 512 sticks should go into the "black" clipped slots.
Discussion here:
http://www.dellcommunity.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=xps_desk_upgrhdw&message.id=3079&c=us&l=en&cs=&s=gen
Your manual on changing out RAM:
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/xps400/sm/parts.htm#wp1058068
Hope this helps, it sounds like you have them in wrong slots currently.