Installed new ram but..

i124Q

i right click my computer, and it still says 512mb of ram when it should now be 4gb.
I went onto crucial's website, and the scanner recognised the RAM ok.

Why not showing the 4gb there? The pc turned on fine. Its not any faster though.. slow as f***!

Thanks

Mr. Presentable

Which motherboard have you, and what RAM configuration (2x2Gb?)?

i124Q

Mr. Presentable wrote: »

Which motherboard have you, and what RAM configuration (2x2Gb?)?

Its a DELL Dimension 5150.
Old as ****. Some Joe motherboard?

Its 4 x 1gb.

yeppydeppy

Restart and press F2 to go into the bios to see if it's showing there. If not it's not pushed in properly or it's the wrong type of RAM for the PC. You can try them one at a time to test if they are being detected but they work best in pairs.
Have a look at the RAM stick that was in it and make sure the new RAM is the exact same.

i124Q

yeppydeppy wrote: »

Restart and press F2 to go into the bios to see if it's showing there. If not it's not pushed in properly or it's the wrong type of RAM for the PC. You can try them one at a time to test if they are being detected but they work best in pairs.
Have a look at the RAM stick that was in it and make sure the new RAM is the exact same.

Will do as soon as backing up files finishes.

The RAM that was in it was:
256MB 1Rx16 PC2 -4200U-444- 11 -C1

What part of this can be different/Needs to be the same?

i124Q

Crucial told me that this ram was compatible!

I'm backing everything up now, then going to install Windows 7.
This pc is now xp.

That might waken it up.

i124Q

could dust be a problem because i opened it and it was sooo dusty. 2 slots of 4 were free. maybe they were filled with dust?

i124Q

update:

The RAM that was in it was:
256MB 1Rx16 PC2 -4200U-444- 11 -C1

The New RAM:
1GB 1Rx8 PC2-5300U - 555 - 12 - ZZ

I hit Bios.
It says installed memory 3GB
Memory speed 533MHz

In each one under Type it says: Unbuffered.
Organisation x8

So?

FlyingIrishMan

i124Q wrote: »

update:

The RAM that was in it was:
256MB 1Rx16 PC2 -4200U-444- 11 -C1

The New RAM:
1GB 1Rx8 PC2-5300U - 555 - 12 - ZZ

I hit Bios.
It says installed memory 3GB
Memory speed 533MHz

In each one under Type it says: Unbuffered.
Organisation x8

So?

Just a heads up you can edit your posts
Posting multiple times in one thread within a short period of time is against the rules

yeppydeppy

Chances are the old and new won't work together. Only put in the new ones if your still not detecting all of them it may be a problem with dust. In which case you'll need to buy an air duster - do this outdoors.

dan_ep82

Win7 32bit will only recognize 3GB of ram,for 4GB or more you need 64bit