(Vanity)Question about installing RAM

Vanity | June 12, 2009 | Me, myself, and I

[Dallas59]

Here's the info I get on my piece of crud computer from using SIW....

[stuartcr]

...and try to touch your tongue to the chassis if possible, when installing.

[Young Werther]

Please check these instructions.

"Who Put the Bomp (in the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)"

I'd like to thank the guy who wrote the song that made my baby fall in love with me...

Who put the bomp in the bomp-a-bomp-a-bomp

Who put the ram in the ram-a-lam-a-ding-dong

Who put the bop in the bop-she-bop-she-bop

Who put the dip in the dip-de-dip-de-dip

Who was that man, I'd like to shake his hand

He made my baby fall in love with me (yeah!)

When my baby heard bomp-bomp-a-bomp-a-bomp-bo-bomp-bomp

Every word went right into her heart

And when she heard them singing ram-a-lama-lama-lama-lama-ding-dong

She said we'd never have to part

Do it right and he'll just love this upgrade!

[Big Giant Head]

Well, one SHOULD hold their mouth right or it won’t take.

You could always take your shirt off and rub up against the case, if you’re in to that. Not that there’s anything wrong with that....

[library user]

You don't have to open the PC to know how many RAM slots you have.

Download and install CPU-Z. Once you start it up, click the "SPD" tab (it's the second-to-last-tab at the top) and then click the drop-down arrow next to "Slot 1." This will tell you.

Good luck.

[TSgt]

I bought a wrist strap, they are cheap. My Air Force ESD training scared the hell out of me when it comes to electronics. You should see what static electricity can do to ICs! And it causes the worst kind of problems like random system instability.

[library user]

Also, remove the 512MB stick from Slot A and put the 1GB in its place. Put the 512MB in Slot B.

[stuartcr]

That will work also.

[BulletBobCo]

Bump

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Make sure they are both identical...except for size...and install the 1Gb module in slot 1 and the smaller one in slot two. That’s all. As long as both are the same type, clock speed, etc.

[Big Giant Head]

MARS LANDING PHOTOS!

;-)

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

As long as there are sufficient RAM expansion ports, you add as much as you like the motherboard will alow in whatever increments you want.

[fso301]

The PC will only recognize and use so much. How much that is depends on your machine.

If mixed speed RAM's are used, the PC will operate at the slowest memory speed.

[DustyMoment]

The original statement is correct as I wrote it. The phrase “as long as there are sufficient RAM expansion ports” implies that you can add as much as the motherboard will support.

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

My HP has 2 expansion slots but will only accept a total of 1G (yeah, it’s older) total RAM. I have a 1G chip in slot A. I can put any amount of RAM in slot B now, it tells me it’s too much (and doesn’t boot).

[Vigilantcitizen]

I am very much grateful for all the responses here. Thank you all very much.

[Vigilantcitizen]

..and try to touch your tongue to the chassis if possible, when installing.

I don't want it to fall in love with me...lol

[stuartcr]

That would depend a lot on the websites you visit.

[DustyMoment]

I had an Acer like that . . . . . plus, I could ONLY use Acer RAM.

I don’t buy Acer anymore.

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

Yep. They lower the cost by putting in mommaboards that are restricted like that.

My HP is still running strong (6 years) but I think I’m in need of a new one.