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tylermiller88
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July 22nd, 2009 13:00
Memory Issues
I have a Dimension 9150 that says it can accept 4 gb of pc2-5300. So i took out all the sticks of ram and put 3 sticks of pc2-5300 into it and turned it on. The sticks of memory are all the exact same, 1gb per stick. It starts beeping as soon as i turn it on, one long continuous beep.
I pull out 1 sticks and leave 2 sticks in, and it boots up and works fine. I then try the 3rd stick in the other slot (there is 4 slots) and no matter what open slot i put it in, it would not boot up.
Any ideas why?
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tylermiller88
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Posted July 22nd, 2009 14:00
I just put the stick into another computer and it worked just fine.
Let me know if anyone else might know of a solution.
tylermiller88
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Posted July 22nd, 2009 15:00
Is it not true then that 32-bit of windows xp home will not see anymore than 3gb of ram? I thought you needed a 64 bit version of windows to have the system see more than 3gb of ram.
S.Redfearn
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Posted July 22nd, 2009 15:00
This will explain it better than I can.
S.Redfearn
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Posted July 22nd, 2009 15:00
You have to install the memory in pairs in order for it to work, which is the reason why it works with two and not three.
tylermiller88
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Posted July 22nd, 2009 14:00
Is it possible that the motherboard might need a BIOS upadte? I looked on dells support page and there was an update but it was not relevant to my issue.
I hate to send the memory back and then realize that it was the computer, not the memory.