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    V2000 not seeing second ram slot

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by phredo, Mar 15, 2009.

  1. phredo

    phredo Newbie

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    I just added 512mb to my Presario V2000, after struggling for years with 256MB. I moved the 256 to the bottom slot and put the 512 in the top. Runs much better now but says I only have 512mb, so I think it's not seeing the 256 card. I looked in BIOS, which says I have 512MB but doesn't seem to provide a way to change it. In general, the BIOS doesn't let you change much, just bootup order and one or two other things.

    Is there a way to get the full memory seen? Thanks.
     
    phredo, Mar 15, 2009
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    namaiki "basically rocks" Super Moderator

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    Try swapping the chips around. The computer has to auto-detect the memory, so it sounds like it isn't inserted properly, or one of your ram slots is faulty.
     
    namaiki, Mar 15, 2009
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    phredo Newbie

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    Uh, I found out on further inspection that I hadn't seated the lower (256) properly. Kind of tricky and delicate when one hasn't done it before, which is my case. Thank you so much. I think I just needed someone to say it's not a setting but is automatically recognized.

    If now I could figure out how to make my battery last longer than 50 minutes I might start to really get some use out of this thing. (I know I could get the 12 cell, but 100 minutes doesn't seem all that long either.)
     
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    You could try undervolting your CPU.
     
    namaiki, Mar 16, 2009
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