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asdf Dell: RAM & HDD =/= motherboard
Truce:
Earlier this week, my laptop started blue screening whenever I unplugged the power chord. From there it just all started going downhill. Blue screening ~5 minutes after startup, breaking installation of W7, not even wanting to reinstall W7, Vista, or XP.
The local computer repair shop said that the motherboard may have been damaged, so contact Dell (we're still under warranty) to see what they can do.
I receive a new HDD and two new RAM cards in the mail.
Obviously, that's not going to fix the problem. I popped them in the laptop just to make sure, and nothing changed at all. If only Dell would send the parts that were required... Anywho, they're now wanting to send a Dell support person to my house to take a look at it. motherboard pls.
Fortunately, one of my friends (Blobeh on forums) was nice enough to let me use his netbook until I can get this resolved.
Kyzor:
Yeah, my family's not too satisfied with Dell either right now. We recently had a RAM upgrade because our computer was being incredibly slow and we have Windows XP Professional 32-bit. The guy recommended 4GB of RAM. So, we bought it. Turns out 32-bit XP can only handle ~2.5GB of RAM. forget you Dell.
Inv3rted:
32bit XP can only handle ~3.5gb, not 2.5.
Kyzor:
Then why, when I removed one RAM card (out of 4 1GB cards), did the computer seem to run at the same speed as before the upgrade?
Inv3rted:
Because RAM doesn't affect the speed of the computer? It doesn't work like that.