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    M1330 RAM problem

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by wiredo, Jul 31, 2008.

  1. wiredo

    wiredo Newbie

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    Hello, I bought M1330 laptop with Vista Business. The shop says that I must have 4GB of ram, but Vista says 2GB. Also checked from BIOS and there's also 2048 MB. Any suggestions? :confused:
     
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  2. Hep!

    Hep! sees beauty in everything

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    One of the sticks is not properly seated, or it's not a Hynix branded mondule (a recent BIOS update made you only able to use Dell memory)
     
    Hep!, Jul 31, 2008
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  3. wiredo

    wiredo Newbie

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    So the only option is to send the laptop back to shop?
     
    wiredo, Jul 31, 2008
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  4. jnewell

    jnewell Notebook Consultant

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    Open the bottom of the case and make sure both are properly seated. They're pretty easy to mis-seat.
     
    jnewell, Jul 31, 2008
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  5. wiredo

    wiredo Newbie

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    After this I still have guarantee?
     
    wiredo, Jul 31, 2008
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  6. johnny13oi

    johnny13oi Notebook Evangelist

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    Yeah, ram is user replaceable.
     
    johnny13oi, Jul 31, 2008
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  7. paper_wastage

    paper_wastage Beat this 7x7x7 Cube

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    dell knows that a lot of users upgrade hard drive and ram on their own.. as lon gas you dont blow up your computer or scrub some other part when looking at the ram portion, u'r fine
     
    paper_wastage, Jul 31, 2008
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