Dell e1405 Memory upgrade

Reese1222 · Jan 24, 2008

So my buddy bought some memory for his Dell laptop and i installed it for him, (what a pain), but it only recognizes the same amount that he had before. We went from 2 x 512Mb to 2 x 1Gb and it only recognizes one stick. I tried reinstalling the bios to get it to recognize the extra memory, but no go. This is compatible memory, but it wont recognize it and I bought it from NewEgg.

Any ideas to our problem?

Firebr4nd · Jan 25, 2008

Maybe one of the sticks was DoA? Find another laptop to test it in and if that's the problem RMA it.

Reese1222 · Jan 25, 2008

its not doa, because the laptop says that it recognizes more than 1gb, but it is limited to 1gb by the laptops settings. is there a way around that limit because i have read that the laptop can handle 2gb max.

Trap05 · Jan 25, 2008

Bios update?

Reese1222 · Jan 25, 2008

i checked dells page and updates to the Rev. 11 already. I was hoping there was an tweaked bios available or at least a solution to making it recognize.

PhysX · Jan 25, 2008

searched the internet and other e1405s are running with 2gb, so thre should be no problem with thta one, nless the memory is dead.

meionm · Jan 25, 2008

I used to have e1405 and it did work with 2gb of memory.

Trap05 · Jan 25, 2008

Which would mean there is something wrong with this memory. Have you tried reseating it or swapping the sticks into the opposite slots?

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