[Nottingham] Any help for a newbie?

[VM]

There are  too many variables to say for sure. One big unknown is the bios version. I'd leave just 2GB or even 1GB and check if the behaviour changes. If not, then something else is at fault.

On 1 July 2018 15:12:07 BST, NIGEL Black via Nottingham <nottingham at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:
>Hi Vadim,
>
>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.
>
>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 athttp://www.findlaptopdriver.com/spec-msi-ms-7301-cuba/
>
>This says memory: 2 x 184-pin DDR2 DIMM slots – Dual Channel DDR2
>533/400 non-ECC , un-buffered memory (Max 2GB). 
>
>The version comes from lshw:
>
>lshw
>
>*-memory
>
>description: System Memory
>
>physical id: 29
>
>slot: System board or motherboard
>
>size: 3GiB
>
>*-bank:0
>
>description: DIMM DDR2
>
>product: None
>
>vendor: None
>
>physical id: 0
>
>serial: None
>
>slot: A0
>
>size: 2GiB
>
>*-bank:1
>
>description: DIMM DDR2
>
>product: None
>
>vendor: None
>
>physical id: 1
>
>serial: None
>
>slot: A1
>
>size: 1GiB
>
>
>Do you need further details and is the surplus RAM a problem?
>
>
>Regards,
>
>
>Nigel
>
>> On 30 June 2018 at 13:17 VM via Nottingham
><nottingham at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:
>> 
>>     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?
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