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Want to upgrade Ram and Hard Drive
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<blockquote data-quote="Noels" data-source="post: 614690" data-attributes="member: 49942"><p>You're right about that, but the old RAM DOES make a good safety net. I had upgraded to 4GB just after I bought the machine and about a week later I got a black screen and nothing would revive it - I figured it was either a return or check out the RAM first, since it was new. When I removed the new RAM, I replaced it with the original 512 sticks and it ran fine. One of the new 2GB sticks had a damaged label which probably served to push the stick out of the slot just far enough to disable the machine. So I repaired the botched label and replaced the original RAM for the second time. It's been working now for better than a week. Moral: keep the old RAM around, JUST IN CASE <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> </p><p></p><p>Noel</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Noels, post: 614690, member: 49942"] You're right about that, but the old RAM DOES make a good safety net. I had upgraded to 4GB just after I bought the machine and about a week later I got a black screen and nothing would revive it - I figured it was either a return or check out the RAM first, since it was new. When I removed the new RAM, I replaced it with the original 512 sticks and it ran fine. One of the new 2GB sticks had a damaged label which probably served to push the stick out of the slot just far enough to disable the machine. So I repaired the botched label and replaced the original RAM for the second time. It's been working now for better than a week. Moral: keep the old RAM around, JUST IN CASE :) Noel [/QUOTE]
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