Problem solved cheers david

[VTEC-Saxo]

Right, i brought a advent 9117 17" muiltimedia laptop in december last year just after christmas, bosting 1gb ram 120gb hd ect ect

Well today i get offerd 2gb ram for my pc for cheap, so i siad yeah okay took the back pannel off my pc, removed the ram.. and was horrified to the site of
"DDR II 512MB" On the back of the stick of ram!!! what a farse, in the system tray it says i have 1014MB ram wich its supposed to have, have i been conned or what ?? the was also a note that came with my pc saying that "devise manager may report incorrect processor information" would that account for the ram aswell ?

I just feel conned, ino the pcs nearly a year old thers bits falling off it and its scratched to peices, but its been used like over 6 hours everyday for the past year so what can i do :( ?

[pug205gti87]

live with it. its not the end of the world mate

[VTEC-Saxo]

live with it. its not the end of the world mate

Well not really as i payed extra for this model..
You wouldnt like it if citroen sold you a saxo vts, you get it home a year later look under the bonnet and thers a 8 valver sitting in its place would you.

[Joe3490]

you just learnt teh way of PC world, i never shop there haha

[VTEC-Saxo]

you just learnt teh way of PC world, i never shop there haha

Verry true, its done me well tho for the past year, saying that the first one i brought went up with a bang as soon as i plugged it in.. :S

[davidandrews5343]

the laptop will have 1024mb of ram if ur system says so, its just made up of 2 x 512mb sticks, sounds just like my acer and toshiba, 1 slot is easy to access like that, the other slot is under ur keyboard :) uve not been ripped off mate

[Darlo-paul]

Lol I have 4 gb ram and it registers as 3, meh im not fussed

[VTEC-Saxo]

Lol I have 4 gb ram and it registers as 3, meh im not fussed

you might have a gpu taking up that extra gig tho ?

[pug205gti87]

Well not really as i payed extra for this model..
You wouldnt like it if citroen sold you a saxo vts, you get it home a year later look under the bonnet and thers a 8 valver sitting in its place would you.

ye but i wouldnt be dumb enuf to not look at the engine would i now!

[Alex]

Maybe there's another memory slot and you have 2 x 512 sticks.

[VTEC-Saxo]

the laptop will have 1024mb of ram if ur system says so, its just made up of 2 x 512mb sticks, sounds just like my acer and toshiba, 1 slot is easy to access like that, the other slot is under ur keyboard :) uve not been ripped off mate

Is that right ? thats awesome if so ill , so surly it will turn on with this one removed to see then ?

[davidandrews5343]

Lol I have 4 gb ram and it registers as 3, meh im not fussed

emm ,what version of windows u running?

[VTEC-Saxo]

ye but i wouldnt be dumb enuf to not look at the engine would i now!

Well i dont tend to walk into pc world with a screwdriver.. do i

[Pieface]

Lol I have 4 gb ram and it registers as 3, meh im not fussed

Well XP and Vista 32bit only register 3GB.

[pug205gti87]

soz hard lmao

[davidandrews5343]

Is that right ? thats awesome if so ill , so surly it will turn on with this one removed to see then ?


yeh it will do

[VTEC-Saxo]

yeh it will do

Nice one mate ill try it now

[davidandrews5343]

Well XP and Vista 32bit only register 3GB.

i second that

[VTEC-Saxo]

Thanks David, exacly right, sorry to sound stupid, not used to laptops, always thought the memory would be together cheers for the help, and the nob and everyone els :)

[Darlo-paul]

emm ,what version of windows u running?

Windows Xp Pro

[Stickyjam]

Windows Xp Pro

32bit..

and upgrade to 64bit wud put all your ram to use...