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    INSTALLING RAM to M17

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by cAr0uS3L, Mar 4, 2009.

  1. cAr0uS3L

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    So I just tried to install 4 gigs to my computer and it was easier then I thought. However, I went to turn on the M17 and it was one but wasn't loading or anything. What did I do wrong?
     
    cAr0uS3L, Mar 4, 2009
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    maybe you didnt seat one all the way? did you see the bios screen come up at all? or was it just a black blank screen from the start?
     
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    yeah nothing came up

    i am sure that i am doing it wrong because when i popped the 1g's out they came out at an angle.. i tried to pop the 2'gs out and it was hard to get them out
     
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    did i just break my computer haha
     
    cAr0uS3L, Mar 4, 2009
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    wait what do you mean? you are supposed to push out the 2 tabs on the side and then the lift themselves up wards. did you pull the 2gb out or somehting?

    have you tried reseating them?
     
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    the first time they lifted up themselves, but when i tried to take out the ones THAT I INSTALLED, they didn't lift out which means I am probably placing them in the wrong place or something.
     
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    ok i got the bottom one in but the top one wont settle in
     
    cAr0uS3L, Mar 4, 2009
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    ok im good to go :)
     
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    good to hear i figured they were just in the wrong way
     
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    You really have to push the RAM in so the gold connectors are in all the way. Its kinda scary how much effort you have to put into pushing them in.
     
    Shockwave_Omega, Mar 5, 2009
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