Increasing laptop memory from 1 G to 2 G
I have Windows 7 RC1 ins talled on an ACER Aspire 5100 Laptop, together with Windows XP. I increased the memory by replacing the existing two 512 m 'sticks' with two 1 gig 'sticks'. The XP os recognized the increase in memory from 1 gig to 2, but the Windows 7 RC1 did not (still indicates 1 gig). Can anyone give me info as to whether there is a 'switch' to activate in Windows 7 RC1 for it to recognize the increase in memory? Many thanks. J Arthur Ryan
July 26th, 2009 3:36am
J Arthur - Windows 7 (as all previous versions) should detect the RAM that's installed automatically. There is no "switch". Have you checked the BIOS to see if the memory is registered properly?
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July 26th, 2009 4:39am
Wouldn't the fact that the other os on the laptop, Windows XP did recognize the upgrade indicate that the bios had accepted the increase? It shows the increase from 1 to 2 gigs of RAM.
July 26th, 2009 6:09pm
Have you checked the Acer web site to see if there is a newer BIOS available. Could be a disconnect between Win7 and your current BIOS version.
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July 26th, 2009 9:49pm
Yep. However ACER doesn't want to talk about anything to do with Windows 7 'til it's released in final form (Oct. 09). Even paid to talk, but no go. After it's released for sale, then they'll talk. Huh!
July 27th, 2009 8:34am
How did you install Win7for dual boot- did you create a new partition - or did you use a VHD ?Take a look at your memory usage using "Resource Monitor" / "Memory" tab / "Physical Memory" does this still only show 1GB?Have you considered trying an update/repair install over the existing Win 7 installation?Graham
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July 27th, 2009 6:53pm
Installed RC1 from a disk that had the RC1 Version 7100 on it. Did a partition. Checked Resource Monitor and it also shows 1.024 Gig, not the 2 Gig that's in there. Now will try the update/repair install. Wish me luck!
July 27th, 2009 8:25pm