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| David Vaughn | 12/30/11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Sorry for the delay, I had to ..... |
| Casey | 12/25/11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | |
| am | 10/29/11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | |
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| Aijaz | 10/13/11 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Hi Casey, Your computer properties gives you an accurate look at the usable RAM in your system. I just checked the specs on your Dell and the max RAM it will recognize is 4GB. Suggest you install
Hi again David, Have you tried just using the two new sticks and then mixing one old and one new and seeing what happens? If that works, it is remotely possible that the mbo can only handle 8GB of
Hi David, I just checked the specs on your motherboard and they say it will support up to 16GB of DDR2 RAM - NOT DDR3. You cannot put DDR3 sticks in a DDR2 module or you will damage the module. Are
Hi Nina, Why don't you try going to the Realtek site and downloading theit latest ALC-97 drivers { http://www.realtek.com/downloads/}. Most all motherboard manufacturers these days use Realtek ALC 97
Have you tried a different USB cable? I had an external Iomega drive disappear on me, and after I changed the cable it re-appeared. Are you re-booting before you move it around? Are the files you
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