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noprotein · 01-19-2009, 10:21 PM

I have an aspire 5600 and having a similar issue. It's been running great with a 512 stick in the bottom slot. I've been needing more memory so i picked up 2 twin gskill 2gb sticks. They are brand new and seem to be in good condition. I installed them and made sure they were in perfectly. I booted up and the acer screen comes up for about 3 seconds, showing the f2 to setup option then goes blank... the computer stays on but no further change.

These laptops are supposed to auto-configure system changes especially memory so maybe they just hang when trying to do so? Again it seems the problem is when utilizing both ram slots... has anyone found a solution. When i hit f2 it says entering setup but does nothing beyond that. Any help will be appreciated greatly.

I re-read the manual. It's upgradeable to 4gb dual channel so-dimms... which they probably bought. Which I bought. Can we change this setting in bios? There must be a solution.

01-19-2009, 10:21 PM	#4 (permalink)
noprotein Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 3 OS: windows xp	Re: Acer Aspire 5630-6368 won't always boot up after RAM upgrade I have an aspire 5600 and having a similar issue. It's been running great with a 512 stick in the bottom slot. I've been needing more memory so i picked up 2 twin gskill 2gb sticks. They are brand new and seem to be in good condition. I installed them and made sure they were in perfectly. I booted up and the acer screen comes up for about 3 seconds, showing the f2 to setup option then goes blank... the computer stays on but no further change. These laptops are supposed to auto-configure system changes especially memory so maybe they just hang when trying to do so? Again it seems the problem is when utilizing both ram slots... has anyone found a solution. When i hit f2 it says entering setup but does nothing beyond that. Any help will be appreciated greatly. I re-read the manual. It's upgradeable to 4gb dual channel so-dimms... which they probably bought. Which I bought. Can we change this setting in bios? There must be a solution.