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asdf Dell: RAM & HDD =/= motherboard
zz_tophat:
--- Quote from: Inv3rted on November 20, 2009, 12:51:07 PM ---32bit XP can only handle ~3.5gb, not 2.5.
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This.
My laptop can have a max of 2gb but I have 4gb in there, however it only registers as 3.5gb.
On topic:
I am hearing more and more about W7 issues with laptops and battery power. It is almost always tied to power settings, change all your power settings like display brightness and cpu use to match those of your computer when it is plugged in.
If that doesn't work, don't unplug it and hope for a hotfix.
Kyzor:
--- Quote from: Some person on Yahoo Answers ---RAM affects the computer speed in the sense of how quickly you can open programs and multifunction through different items at the same time.
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Which was exactly our problem, but seeing as my knowledge of computers is stuff compared to the knowledge of others on these forums and I cannot have a legitimate argument with any tech-head without embarrassing the hell out of myself, I'll just leave the thread now.
Truce:
--- Quote from: zz_tophat on November 20, 2009, 12:55:38 PM ---I am hearing more and more about W7 issues with laptops and battery power. It is almost always tied to power settings, change all your power settings like display brightness and cpu use to match those of your computer when it is plugged in.
If that doesn't work, don't unplug it and hope for a hotfix.
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No no, even if it started out with that as the problem, the motherboard is whack now. You can't even go past the language selection when you try to install any version of Windows. Ubuntu can't even be loaded on it without it yelling at you. Hopefully Dell will comply sooner or later and send us a new motherboard; the laptop's great otherwise and I'd prefer not to have to buy a new one this holiday season.
Miga:
My Dell Optiplex's motherboard's BIOS forgeted up on me for attempting to install a Core 2 Duo processor that was the same socket and everything.
Truce:
Hm, I should go track down a screwdriver to see if I can put my shiny new RAM and HDD into this netbook. I'm assuming only one of the two RAM cards will fit, and I have high doubts the HDD will, but it's probably worth checking.