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    MX3230 Doesn't Detect 1GB of RAM

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by cardude, May 18, 2009.

  1. cardude

    cardude Newbie

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    I just upgraded my Gateway MX3230 with 1 GB of RAM, but the laptop only recognizes 448 MB (which means it only recognizes 512 MB because 64 MB is used for the video card). Gateway's website claims that the laptop support 1 GB. How can I get it to recognize the full 1 GB, minus the amount the video uses of course?

    The old memory was a Hynix 256 MB 200-Pin SO-DIMM DDR2 533 (PC2 4200)

    The new memory module is a Kingston 1GB 200-Pin SO-DIMM DDR2 533 (PC2 4200) model KVR533D2S4/1G

    Both are 200-Pin SO-DIMM DDR2 533 (PC2 4200) memory modules. I don't understand why the laptop doesn't recognize the memory. I just looked at Kingston and Crucial and both of them claim that the laptop can run up to 1 GB of memory too.
     
    cardude, May 18, 2009
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  2. MexicanSnake

    MexicanSnake I'm back!

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    Maybe it only supports 2X 512mb and not a single sodimm of 1gb.
     
    MexicanSnake, May 18, 2009
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  3. David

    David NBR Random Reviewer NBR Reviewer

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    Try and reseat the memory and see if that helps.
     
    David, May 18, 2009
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  4. cardude

    cardude Newbie

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    No, it only takes 1 stick. I have tried pulling the memory out and putting it back in three times and it still doesn't register correctly.
     
    cardude, May 18, 2009
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