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    xps m140 wont run with 4 gigs of ram

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by vball, May 5, 2009.

  1. vball

    vball Newbie

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    I just bougth 4 gigs of DDR 2 ram for my girlfriends pc, she only had 512 and with ram being so cheap I figured it would be a cheap way to speed it up. My problem is it won't even run with 4 gigs in it. it starts up for a few seconds then just shuts down. I know it will only see 3.5 gigs at best but why won't it even run with the 4 gigs ?? when I took out one of the 2 gig sims it ran fine, seeing all 2 gigs installed..

    thankd for any help,

    MP
     
    vball, May 5, 2009
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  2. yuio

    yuio NBR Assistive Tec. Tec.

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    the m140 chipset only supports 2GB or ram.

    Edit: let me make it more clear.
    Window 32bit supports ~3.5GB of ram, but the computers mainboard only can handle 2GB tops.

    example: my Desktop supports 8GB of RAM, I can put 4x4GB modules in it, but it won't load just like your gf laptop.
     
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    ronnieb Representing the Canucks

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    I would say try upgrading to the Latest BIOS, but be careful. Also, the chipset not being able to support it could be a problem.
     
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  4. vball

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    great, thanks for the info..

    MP
     
    vball, May 5, 2009
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