Hi all, I am new here but I've been having issues with getting this laptop to recognize the new RAM I have installed. I purchased a 1GB Crucial Memory PC2-5300 stick as recommended per their website. After installing it alongside a 512MB Samsung stick that came with the laptop, both my BIOS and Vista only detect 1GB (or ~958MB on the BIOS) of memory. However, when I run CPU-Z it is able to detect both the 1GB and 512MB sticks perfectly, amounting to a total of 1536MB. The laptop also boots up and operates normally with just the 1GB stick so I don't believe it's faulty. The laptop was running 2 x 512MB Samsung sticks before I upgraded, so I don't believe it's a problem with the motherboard either. I've also tried swapping which slots they were in but to no avail. I haven't been able to find any place in the BIOS relating to RAM (for information's sake it is PhoenixBIOS 83.08), it's rather limited and doesn't really show me anything hardware related. Nor have I found anything on Google or Gateway's site relating to my problem. Does anyone have any idea how I can get my laptop to recognize all the memory? Any help will be greatly appreciated! Thanks! **(Trying to help myself ahead of time, the following is the dump from CPU-Z about my laptop):
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CPU-Z version 1.49
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Processors Map
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Number of processors 1
Number of threads 2
Processor 0
-- Core 0
-- Thread 0
-- Core 1
-- Thread 0
Processors Information
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Processor 1 (ID = 0)
Number of cores 2 (max 2)
Number of threads 2 (max 2)
Name Intel Pentium T2060
Codename Yonah
Specification Genuine Intel(R) CPU T2060 @ 1.60GHz
Package Socket 479 mPGA (platform ID = 7h)
CPUID 6.E.C
Extended CPUID 6.E
Core Stepping D0
Technology 65 nm
Core Speed 798.8 MHz (6.0 x 133.1 MHz)
Rated Bus speed 532.6 MHz
Stock frequency 1600 MHz
Instructions sets MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3
L1 Data cache 2 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L1 Instruction cache 2 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L2 cache 1024 KBytes, 4-way set associative, 64-byte line size
FID/VID Control yes
FID range 6.0x - 12.0x
max VID 1.213 V
Features XD
Chipset
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Northbridge ATI RS400/RC400/RC410 rev. 01
Southbridge ATI SB400 rev. 80
Memory Type DDR2
Memory Size 1536 MBytes
Channels Single
Memory Frequency 266.5 MHz ()
CAS# 4.0
RAS# to CAS# 4
RAS# Precharge 4
Cycle Time (tRAS) 12
Memory SPD
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DIMM #1
General
Memory type DDR2
Module format SO-DIMM
Manufacturer (ID) Micron Technology (2C00000000000000)
Size 1024 MBytes
Max bandwidth PC2-5300 (333 MHz)
Part number 8HTF12864HDY-667E1
Serial number E31BA358
Manufacturing date Week 33/Year 08
Attributes
Number of banks 2
Data width 64 bits
Correction None
Nominal Voltage 1.80 Volts
EPP no
XMP no
Timings table
Frequency (MHz) 200 266 333
CAS# 3.0 4.0 5.0
RAS# to CAS# delay 3 4 5
RAS# Precharge 3 4 5
TRAS 9 12 15
TRC 12 16 20
DIMM #2
General
Memory type DDR2
Module format SO-DIMM
Manufacturer (ID) Samsung (CE00000000000000)
Size 512 MBytes
Max bandwidth PC2-5300 (333 MHz)
Part number M4 70T6554EZ3-CE6
Serial number F70EA642
Manufacturing date Week 12/Year 07
Attributes
Number of banks 2
Data width 64 bits
Correction None
Nominal Voltage 1.80 Volts
EPP no
XMP no
Timings table
Frequency (MHz) 200 266 333
CAS# 3.0 4.0 5.0
RAS# to CAS# delay 3 4 5
RAS# Precharge 3 4 5
TRAS 9 12 15
TRC 12 16 20
