How to change RAM in your desktop computerNew-World Support

1. Identify the Motherboard Check motherboard

user manual. If manual not

available, look for your motherboard, then google search for the manual.

here

2. Identify supported RAM type At your motherboard

user manual, read the system memory section, and find out the supported memory type.

Example: You may install 256 MB,

512 MB and 1 GB unbuffered non-ECC DDR 2 DIMMs into the DIMM sockets.

This motherboard does not support memory modules made up of 128 Mb chips or double sided * 16 memory modules.

2. Identify supported RAM type A easy way is find the

qualified RAM vendors lists in your motherboard user manual.

3. Identify the RAM you have

Read the RAM user manual.

If manual not available, identify the Ram type by shape. More on next page.

Make sure your new RAM is compatible with the motherboard.

3. Identify the RAM you have

DDR 2: 240pin DDR 3: 240pin

3. Identify the RAM you have

Note: a DDR2 RAM has the same physical dimensions as a DDR RAM but they have different pins.

Do not install DDR RAM to a DDR2 RAM socket.

4. Identify memory module location on your motherboard

For example:

DIMM = dual in-line memory module

4. Identify memory module location on your motherboard

Note: Unplug the power supply before adding or removing the RAM. Failure to do so can cause severe damage to both the motherboard and the RAM.

5. Removing a RAM Simultaneously

press the retaining clips outward to unlock the RAM.

Remove the RAM from the socket.

5. Removing a RAM Note: Support the RAM lightly with your

fingers when pressing the retaining clips. The RAM might get damaged when it flips out with extra force.

6. Installing a RAM Unlock a RAM

socket by pressing the retaining clips outward.

6. Installing a RAM Align a RAM

on the socket such that the notch on the RAM matches the break on the socket.

6. Installing a RAM Firmly insert

the RAM into the socket until the retaining clips snap back in place and the RAM is properly seated.

7. Testing and Configuring Newly Installed RAM

Power on the system, the memory self-test should increment up to the newly installed amount of memory.

If it instead shows only the original amount of memory, the cause is that you have not seated the new RAM completely. Power down, reseat the RAM, and try again.

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