pilgrim Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 I've got a D620 Core2Duo 1.83 with nVidia 64MB graphics and Snow Leopard 10.6.8, which has been running fine. I had 2 x 1GB sticks of RAM installed and I'm trying to upgrade to 4GB. I swapped both sticks with identical 2GB DDR2 PC2-5300 667Mhz Corsair brand sticks. But now RAM in the top slot is not recognized - slot A under the keyboard. I've tried a couple of different sticks and none of them are recognized in the A slot. System Profile shows it as Empty. Has anyone else seen this? I don't think anyone could've broken, the swap is pretty straight forward. Are the RAM slots especially fragile? It doesn't seem to be a question of compatibility as the new 2GB sticks are identical, and I've tried 4 different ones just to be sure it's not the RAM. Any ideas greatly appreciated thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 I've got a D620 Core2Duo 1.83 with nVidia 64MB graphics and Snow Leopard 10.6.8, which has been running fine. I had 2 x 1GB sticks of RAM installed and I'm trying to upgrade to 4GB. I swapped both sticks with identical 2GB DDR2 PC2-5300 667Mhz Corsair brand sticks. But now RAM in the top slot is not recognized - slot A under the keyboard. I've tried a couple of different sticks and none of them are recognized in the A slot. System Profile shows it as Empty. Has anyone else seen this? I don't think anyone could've broken, the swap is pretty straight forward. Are the RAM slots especially fragile? It doesn't seem to be a question of compatibility as the new 2GB sticks are identical, and I've tried 4 different ones just to be sure it's not the RAM. Any ideas greatly appreciated thanks. If you use your old 2 x 1GB's, would the laptop see 2GB? If so, then try 1GB under keyboard, and 2GB in the other, and see if it sees 3GB. There could be a problem with slot A. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Bronxteck Posted January 23, 2012 Administrators Share Posted January 23, 2012 you have to install 1 at a time start with re seating the keyboard one and let it detect then add the second one underneath the machine; and let it detect. also make sure your bios is updated. on my machine it also put up a fit when adding 2 2gig modules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Leon Posted February 15, 2012 Administrators Share Posted February 15, 2012 Is your problem resolved ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonman Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 Is your problem resolved ? Hi. Yes, I've finally resolved the problem. The metal clips that hold the RAM bank into its slot had become a bit too loose and by re-bending them back toward the middle they now hold the RAM bank more tightly. All 4GB now shows up and works great. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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