Acer Extensa 5235

[kevdhoushby]

I purchased RAM from Crucial. I installed the RAM too the total of 4gb in 2x2gb slots. I have ran the laptop but it is only registering 2gb whether in the system bit thru control panel or the bios. How do i activate the further 2gb?

Thanks in advance.

[nibblitz]

Does your Laptop actually support more than 2GB memory? And is your operating system 32bit or 64bit?

[Murf22]

according to this spec 4gb should be do-able

h**p://support.acer.com/acerpanam/notebook/0000/Acer/Aspire5235/Aspire5235sp2.shtml


more than likely one is not being detected. try them one at a time.. if laptop fails to boot - bad memory. May also just need reseated, in which case taking them out will do it.

os? BIOS reports 2gb..?

[kevdhoushby]

according to this spec 4gb should be do-able

h**p://support.acer.com/acerpanam/notebook/0000/Acer/Aspire5235/Aspire5235sp2.shtml


more than likely one is not being detected. try them one at a time.. if laptop fails to boot - bad memory. May also just need reseated, in which case taking them out will do it.

os? BIOS reports 2gb..?

I'll give it a go later and see if thats the problem I looked in the bios and it said it only had 2gb registered.

[kevdhoushby]

according to this spec 4gb should be do-able

h**p://support.acer.com/acerpanam/notebook/0000/Acer/Aspire5235/Aspire5235sp2.shtml


more than likely one is not being detected. try them one at a time.. if laptop fails to boot - bad memory. May also just need reseated, in which case taking them out will do it.

os? BIOS reports 2gb..?

One of them was rattling about under the cover when I removed it. I now have 4GB registered, but it says only 3gb is usable when I look at the system through control panel?

[nibblitz]

Thats because you have a 32bit Operating System... You'll need to install a 64bit OS ..

[kevdhoushby]

Thats because you have a 32bit Operating System... You'll need to install a 64bit OS ..

I've downloaded it off the link that Gazz put up, but when I go to load disc, it won't let me? But the 32bit loaded no bother.

[nibblitz]

What have you downloaded?

[kevdhoushby]

What have you downloaded?

Windows 7 Home Premium 64x

I had previously downloaded the 32x version, which I installed without a problem on laptop. The 64x won't even load after I click run, it comes up with an error.

[nibblitz]

Click Run?

Boot Laptop from the CD/DVD drive and install

[kevdhoushby]

Click Run?

Boot Laptop from the CD/DVD drive and install

Yeah, that has done the trick. It now seems to be using the full RAM.

Thanks for your help.