lman

Hey just bought 2 gigs of ram from the egg, but I don't think my lappy is seeing it all, how can I tell if it is or not?? I got a Toshiba Satellite A 136-S2276 with Vista, this is the ram I got.....http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820144063... any help is appericated

The_Other_One

That model number isn't correct or something; google isn't showing anything for it. Regardless, you should be able to right-click my computer, properties and see your total RAM listed there.

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lman

your right, I typoed it S-135 not S-136....sorry

lman

ok,,,,,,PROBLEM yeah it is only reading 893 of ram, not 2 gigs, how can I fix this?? and also it is ddr2 667 could this be the problem??

The_Other_One

I seriously can't find squat about the laptop. Even on Toshiba's website, they offer no real support for the system...

Just download CPUz. Under the memory tab, it should list what type of RAM your running(DDR or DDR2) Make sure it's DDR2 as that's what you purchased.

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Primary- i7 920 | 6GB RAM | 9800GT | 160+160+500GB
Secondary- Athlon X2 4200 | 2GB RAM | 7600GT | 80+250GB
Netbook - Atom N280 | 2GB RAM | GMA945| 160GB

lman

where is this memory tab?

lman

ok, here is what everest is telling me, kinda confused can you translate this at all for me


Field Value
Physical Memory
Total 893 MB
Used 509 MB
Free 383 MB
Utilization 57 %

Swap Space
Total 2042 MB
Used 826 MB
Free 1215 MB
Utilization 40 %

Virtual Memory
Total 2935 MB
Used 1336 MB
Free 1599 MB
Utilization 46 %

Physical Address Extension (PAE)
Supported by Operating System Yes
Supported by CPU Yes
Active No

munkyeetr

As The_Other_One said, download CPUz and it should also give some reference to the mainboard in the system, which then can hopefully be cross-referenced to find out if this RAM is right for you.

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XxSNIPERxX

if u want to view all ur hardware info including ram just go to

START>RUN> (and type)DXDIAG

munkyeetr

I found the specs on your system here

Did you get PC2-4200 DDR2 533Mhz?

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