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Heres a bizarre thing - I have two Dell Inspiron 6400. I decided to
upgrade the memory in both of them from 512MB (2 x 256MB) to 2GB (2 x 1GB).
Memory arrived, installed it in one of the laptops - worked fine. Did the
other one exactly the same, turned it on and got a message along the lines
of amount of memory has changed, if you havent changed it, reseat the
memory. Uh? So, resat the new memory, turned laptop on, got same message.
Being foolhardy, took out new memory and re-installed the old memory (2 x
256MB) and then turned on laptop, and now nothing apart from flashing caps
locks and scroll lock LEDs. The num lock stays on all the time. After
about 30 or so seconds, laptop just turns off. So what have I done, and
what do I need to do to get this other laptop to work? Both laptops are
exactly the same, one is used by me and wife, the other is used by the kids
for their home work. Fortunately, its the kids one thats broke! :-)

Any ideas anyone? Like why did you buy Dell?

Tom Bradbury wrote:



Why did you buy Dell :-)

OK, random ideas coming up...

Could be a faulty memory socket/motherboard, contaminants between the
modules (replaced) and the socket, memory not seating properly.

Hmm... flashing lights#1. Could the installed operating system be trying
to restart from a previous hibination prior to you installing the
upgrade? Slide out the hard drive and try powering on.

Also, remove the coin cell CMOS battery - leave it out a while (or
replace if old & flat) and reinstall it.

Service manual ->
http://support2.jp.dell.com/docs/systems/ins6400/en/sm/index.htm

Dell support is otherwise awaiting your call. Good luck :-)

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Adrian C

In article , Tom Bradbury
says...

BUT YOU HAD CHANGED THE MEMORY YOU DUMBASS. Why reseat it?

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Conor

I only please one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow isnt
looking good either. - Scott Adams

In article , Tom Bradbury
says...

BUT YOU HAD CHANGED THE MEMORY YOU DUMBASS. Why reseat it?

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Conor

I only please one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow isnt
looking good either. - Scott Adams

In article , Adrian C says...
Alternatively, it was actually working properly and all he had to do
was hit the Fn key it told him to to continue.

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Conor

I only please one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow isnt
looking good either. - Scott Adams

Conor wrote:

But now its broke running the old memory...

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Adrian C