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    Inspiron 1520 RAM upgrade

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by gdpenney, Sep 24, 2011.

  1. gdpenney

    gdpenney Newbie

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    What I've read on the forum tells me that the 1520 running VISTA should be able to handle 4 GB of RAM but it doesn't. It will run 3 GB. I have 4 GB and would like to use it. Do I have to update the BIOS? Help?
     
    gdpenney, Sep 24, 2011
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  2. Tsunade_Hime

    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    Do you have 32 bit or 64 bit Vista? 32 bit can only address ~3.25-3.5 GB RAM. If you have Intel integrated graphics, that also leeches RAM to be used as VRAM.
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Sep 24, 2011
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