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</head><body><p>Hi Vadim,<br></p><p>Thanks for your quick reply. Yes, it really is 3 GB. Someone gave me 2 GB of RAM, so I increased the level from 1.5.<br></p><p>It looks as if you're correct about the limit of 2 GB. (I didn't previously realise there was a limit). I haven't opened up the desktop recently to look for details of model and numbers but my information is that the motherboard is a Packard Bell BV Cuba MS-7301 (version 1). See the link at <a href="http://www.findlaptopdriver.com/spec-msi-ms-7301-cuba/">www.findlaptopdriver.com/spec-msi-ms-7301-cuba/</a><br></p><p>This says memory: 2 x 184-pin DDR2 DIMM slots – Dual Channel DDR2 533/400 non-ECC , un-buffered memory (Max 2GB). </p><p> The version comes from lshw:<br></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: DejaVu Sans,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" face="DejaVu Sans, sans-serif"><span size="3">lshw</span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: DejaVu Sans,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" face="DejaVu Sans, sans-serif"><span size="3">*-memory</span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: DejaVu Sans,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" face="DejaVu Sans, sans-serif"><span size="3">description: System Memory</span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: DejaVu Sans,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" face="DejaVu Sans, sans-serif"><span size="3">physical id: 29</span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: DejaVu Sans,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" face="DejaVu Sans, sans-serif"><span size="3">slot: System board or motherboard</span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: DejaVu Sans,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" face="DejaVu Sans, sans-serif"><span size="3">size: 3GiB</span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: DejaVu Sans,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" face="DejaVu Sans, sans-serif"><span size="3">*-bank:0</span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: DejaVu Sans,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" face="DejaVu Sans, sans-serif"><span size="3">description: DIMM DDR2</span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: DejaVu Sans,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" face="DejaVu Sans, sans-serif"><span size="3">product: None</span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: DejaVu Sans,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" face="DejaVu Sans, sans-serif"><span size="3">vendor: None</span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: DejaVu Sans,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" face="DejaVu Sans, sans-serif"><span size="3">physical id: 0</span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: DejaVu Sans,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" face="DejaVu Sans, sans-serif"><span size="3">serial: None</span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: DejaVu Sans,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" face="DejaVu Sans, sans-serif"><span size="3">slot: A0</span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: DejaVu Sans,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" face="DejaVu Sans, sans-serif"><span size="3">size: 2GiB</span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: DejaVu Sans,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" face="DejaVu Sans, sans-serif"><span size="3">*-bank:1</span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: DejaVu Sans,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" face="DejaVu Sans, sans-serif"><span size="3">description: DIMM DDR2</span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: DejaVu Sans,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" face="DejaVu Sans, sans-serif"><span size="3">product: None</span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: DejaVu Sans,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" face="DejaVu Sans, sans-serif"><span size="3">vendor: None</span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: DejaVu Sans,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" face="DejaVu Sans, sans-serif"><span size="3">physical id: 1</span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: DejaVu Sans,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" face="DejaVu Sans, sans-serif"><span size="3">serial: None</span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: DejaVu Sans,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" face="DejaVu Sans, sans-serif"><span size="3">slot: A1</span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: DejaVu Sans,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" face="DejaVu Sans, sans-serif"><span size="3">size: 1GiB</span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: DejaVu Sans,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" face="DejaVu Sans, sans-serif"><span size="3"><br></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: DejaVu Sans,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" face="DejaVu Sans, sans-serif"><span size="3">Do you need further details and is the surplus RAM a problem?<br></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: DejaVu Sans,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" face="DejaVu Sans, sans-serif"><span size="3"><br></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: DejaVu Sans,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" face="DejaVu Sans, sans-serif"><span size="3">Regards,<br></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: DejaVu Sans,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" face="DejaVu Sans, sans-serif"><span size="3"><br></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: DejaVu Sans,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" face="DejaVu Sans, sans-serif"><span size="3">Nigel<br></span></span></p><blockquote type="cite">On 30 June 2018 at 13:17 VM via Nottingham <nottingham@mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote: <br> <br>Nigel, is it really 3GB that's physically installed in the system. I have a strong suspicion your motherboard does not support more than 2. What's the actual motherboard model with all the numbers and letters? <br> -- <br> vadim@mankevich.co.uk PGP key fingerprint <br> 0xC046022A3A91455AF0C9BB2404BF882B1905C772 <br> Retrieve from <a href="https://keybase.io/vmankevich">https://keybase.io/vmankevich</a> <br> "It's not that I have something to hide. I have nothing I want you to see." Anon (2018)-- <br>Nottingham mailing list <br>Nottingham@mailman.lug.org.uk <br>https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/nottingham</blockquote></body></html>