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Thread ID: 115558	2011-01-24 02:34:00	RAM peculiarity	linw (53)	Press F1

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1172061	2011-01-24 02:34:00	Mobo is ASUS P5Q Pro . Just noticed only 2GB RAM is registered (should be 2 X 2GB - matched pair) . No idea how long this has been the case! SIW only saw RAM in slot 1 so I re-seated the slot 2 stick . No change . Removed both sticks and put the slot 2 one into slot 1 . Worked . So, stick not crook! Put the slot 1 one into slot 2 and both are now seen! So the fix was to swap their slots . Weird . Guess there is some logic to this .	linw (53)
1172062	2011-01-24 02:38:00	could be the slot was just not making contact properly and taking the RAM in and out a couple of times sorted it out. I'd be curious if swapping it back still only gave 2G but since it's now working probably not a good Idea	dugimodo (138)
1172063	2011-01-24 06:14:00	Keep checking that it is seeing the correct amount of ram each time you start it, I have a Sony Vaio that I upgraded to 500meg, 2 X 256meg and it sometimes sees 256 sometimes 500, fairly sure ram not faulty, since either will work reliably as 256. Has latest BIOS. I also have a computer which I have put on one side for a while because of other faults but it has this exact read/not read ram fault as well, both running XP.	zqwerty (97)
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