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    Alienware M5550 -- Upgraded to 2GB RAM, Laptop only detecting 1GB.

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by BJX, Mar 5, 2008.

  1. BJX

    BJX Notebook Consultant

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    Hello guys, long time no see!

    Anyways I seem to have ran into a little problem.

    Recently I decided I needed 2GB of ram on my laptop and I only had 1GB (as at the time Alienware charged like 250 for 2gb lol) So anyways, I purchased a set of G.Skills and installed them. I booted up the laptop, it booted up fine but it only detected 1GB? I am not sure what I could have done wrong, as the process is pretty straight forward. :confused:

    Thanks in advance.
     
    BJX, Mar 5, 2008
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    kobe Notebook Virtuoso

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    Try reseating the memory modules and see if that helps.
     
    kobe, Mar 5, 2008
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  3. BJX

    BJX Notebook Consultant

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    lol woops that was the problem, thanks all fixed now [​IMG]
     
    BJX, Mar 6, 2008
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