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| Thread ID: 96132 | 2008-12-30 05:22:00 | No sound atall | lakewoodlady (103) | Press F1 |
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| 733633 | 2008-12-30 22:47:00 | I have tested sound and audio in Control Panel/ Sounds and game controllers, Direct x9 is installed and says no problems with it. Main prob is it only has 192 MB RAM. Turn it up to maximum volume on everything. Could be that onboard sound is knackered............physically. And ewww......192mb! Go into the BIOS and turn the VGA Ram down to 32mb or 16mb. That stops it pinching so much. Then add at least another 512mb module. Its not hard, panel under the laptop to put it in, and that will also show you what type its using already so you can get the right kind. And its not too expensive now. Drives me nuts trying to work on PCs like that - like pedalling a pushbike uphill with flat tyres and 4 fat people balanced on it. |
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| 733634 | 2008-12-31 00:53:00 | Hi pctek, Will have a look under the hood or under the laptop in this case, and see where RAM goes. Will have to wait till she gets home on Sat to suggest she gets more RAM. She is a solo mum, always broke, but I'll point out to her that it will be far cheaper than new laptop! It must be only utilising 192MB and the rest is trying to run XP. Have downloaded Crucial Scan on it so we can know what to get. It says it has 256 RAM in one slot and other is empty. Can't believe that Noel Leeming sold her one with only that amount of RAM in it! It's 4 years old but even so.....! Cheers, and Happy 2009 to you LL |
lakewoodlady (103) | ||
| 733635 | 2008-12-31 00:58:00 | DSE have been selling off lappie ram really cheap about $3 on their website under clearance stuff if it is the right one for that machine. | gary67 (56) | ||
| 733636 | 2008-12-31 02:40:00 | You could also try Ascent's memory configurator (ascent.co.nz) Just select the laptop's model and it'll tell you what type of ram it will accept :) |
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