ram is to be 512,and its not

hello Everyone:



I have a question about Ram. I have a Dell inspiron 2650 notebook: well I got the information on it, and found it has two places for ram: (one under the keyboard, and one toward the back bottom) well I have replaced the one that had the smaller amount of ram with 256mb stick, which turned out to be the one under the keyboard.

The problem is under system properties it doesnt say 512mb<....thats the max this laptop can hold, but it says something different....like in KB



I dont know what else to do



both places for ram have 256mb sticks but it doesnt show....help?

1024KB = 1MB... Soo, if you have a larger number in KB's, you're fine What's the amount it shows?

Thanks The_other_one,



Found out the new stick was not compatible with my system, took it back and ordered from Crucial, Just got the stick from Crucial today and it shows the right amount.....great now I have all the ram this laptop needs. So now its sitting with two 256mb sticks, which makes me have 512mb ram. Next need to get another hardrive down the road, when I can afford it, and when prices drop

Prices drop? i got my new Hitachi Deskstar 5400RPM 40gig 2.5in for 53.99... i dont know if you can get a lot cheaper than that.

Prices aren't going to drop much for laptop harddrives, so once you can afford it, get one.

Burgerbob,



where did you get it from?

SOrry it took me so long, i got my HDD from newegg.

Thanks burgerbob,



For that information.



Do you guys know how to delete a free account on here? I have my other one which I didnt like how the name came out Brpckisit. When you use these dark keyboards on Dell sometimes at night you hit the wrong key when you register....lol. Maybe I should get a light above my keyboard so I dont make another mistake....hehe



Maybe ill wait until I get the money before I buy one HD.



Thanks again people

Now Im on under the other name. We are both the same person with differant names. Wish I could delete this name: I like my other one better just BrockRice maybe im stuck with this one too...oh well