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JBean05 · 09-30-2008, 07:13 AM

*Update*

Ok I've done what wrench97 suggested. Both Ram module is fine as they both work in slot 1, but however if I put either on slot 2 it makes a beep/popping noise and my laptop lights up but there's a black screen. So I think I've got a faulty slot. My slots are laid out like this: [[ with one above the other but just slightly apart.

The slots seem to be sitting on top of my motherboard (I think that's the motherboard, sorry I'm such a newbie), will I have to actually install a new motherboard or can I just fix that certain faulty slot? Would a better alternative be to insert a new RAM module that's 1 stick of 1,024 mb? Or is there a certain amount of memory a laptop slot can only read?

09-30-2008, 07:13 AM	#4 (permalink)
JBean05 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 3 OS: XP	Re: Where did my RAM go? Laptop can't detect it. Update Ok I've done what wrench97 suggested. Both Ram module is fine as they both work in slot 1, but however if I put either on slot 2 it makes a beep/popping noise and my laptop lights up but there's a black screen. So I think I've got a faulty slot. My slots are laid out like this: [[ with one above the other but just slightly apart. The slots seem to be sitting on top of my motherboard (I think that's the motherboard, sorry I'm such a newbie), will I have to actually install a new motherboard or can I just fix that certain faulty slot? Would a better alternative be to insert a new RAM module that's 1 stick of 1,024 mb? Or is there a certain amount of memory a laptop slot can only read?