Laptop Ram Problem

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  1. Dec 16, 2006 at 4:04 PM #1
    Coolguy

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    One of my laptops says there is 248mb of ram. Even though theres 2 sticks that equal 512. Is it a slot problem? I ran dxdiag and checked online
     
  2. Dec 16, 2006 at 4:07 PM #2
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    on or both of your ram stick are bad, most likely... try running memtest...
     
  3. Dec 16, 2006 at 4:29 PM #3
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    well, i tried each separetly, both work but still the same 248 instead of 256. I have a third one as well, also 256 but it also says 248.
     
  4. Dec 16, 2006 at 4:53 PM #4
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    how old is your laptop?
     
  5. Dec 16, 2006 at 4:57 PM #5
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    i got it in august, turned it on like 3 times

    its just that im selling it on ebay, and i wanted to put in the 512 so more people will buy
     

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