RAM problem.

[Ozfir]

Hello.

Well. I had just recently bought 1gb of RAM [2x 512] But when I put it into my laptop, it only reads as 448 mb of ram. My laptop uses PC2100, and the stick I bought is PC2700 and is backward compatible with PC2100.

Sony Vaio PCG-K45

I've noticed when I only put one 512mb ram inside, it only comes up as 192. The ram is halved, and reduced by my video? [64mb] And same as when I put any chip. When I scan with cpu-z, it only comes up as "PC2700 (166mhz)"

Can anyone suggest anything to get it up to 1gb?

Thanks,
ozfir

 

[AlbertLionheart]

The amount of memory set aside for the graphics will reduce the available memory by the same amount, not half. I suspect that your new module is either faulty or the slot is faulty.

 

[Ozfir]

Thanks, but is there a way to repair the slot?

 

[AlbertLionheart]

A specialist repair shop might be able to help - unless you are trained in PCB repairs I would not go near it! If you are in UK I can give you a name where they do this sort of work

 

[Ozfir]

Dang, that's lame. Sorry, i'm in the states thanks though. You were a great help.

 

[Tedster]

read the ram guide in the guides forum