RAM upgrade troubles I got my 1000HE today, unpacked it, turned it on, downloaded firefox and VLC, removed some of the bloatware, turned it off, and performed a normal RAM install. I shut it back up, and the computer wouldn't load. I would only get the light under the power key, and the light bulb and the radio tower in the bottom corner to light up, even with the F2 key. I opened it again, and when I tried to replace the original RAM, the 2GB stick didn't pop up like the first one. Anyway, no success there either. I tried both sticks 10 or so times to no avail. What should I do? I had a screwdriver that was slightly too large and had a magnetized tip, but I didn't get it near my HDD. I left the battery in a couple times, but nothing got hot or made a noise or sparked. I'm not rough with this sort of thing either. Your help is appreciated! RAM upgrade troubles I got my 1000HE today, unpacked it, turned it on, downloaded firefox and VLC, removed some of the bloatware, turned it off, and performed a normal RAM install. I shut it back... » Read More RAM upgrade troubles I got my 1000HE today, unpacked it, turned it on, downloaded firefox and VLC, removed some of the bloatware, turned it off, and performed a normal RAM install. I shut it back up, and the computer wouldn't load. I would only get the light under the power key, and the light bulb and the radio tower in the bottom corner to light up, even with the F2 key. I opened it again, and when I tried to replace the original RAM, the 2GB stick didn't pop up like the first one. Anyway, no success there either. I tried both sticks 10 or so times to no avail. What should I do? I had a screwdriver that was slightly too large and had a magnetized tip, but I didn't get it near my HDD. I left the battery in a couple times, but nothing got hot or made a noise or sparked. I'm not rough with this sort of thing either. Your help is appreciated! « Show Less
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If possible, one should upgrade the RAM before you put in the battery for the first time. In that case, you do not even have to hit any F2 or F10 button.
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When the ram does not pop up when the clips are released, that means you installed the ram flat. Carefully remove the ram. Then reinstall it at a 45 degree angle. Push it in all the way in and the metal contacts of the ram should disappear from view. Then push the ram down flat and the clips will engage with a click.
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Fred888. Thank you SO MUCH for your advice. Your tech writing is just what I needed to install the ram. I had the computer all packed up and ready to go to a service place tomorrow when I came back to this site and read your instructions. The "45 degree angle," and "the metal contacts of the ram should disappear from view," are the extra instructions that I needed. The video I watched on how to install the ram just didn't go into that detail. Again, many thanks.Kay
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So did you have to do the F2, F10 to complete the install? Some videos say they do that and others don't. I agree with Larry about the ESD discharge. Also good idea to remove the battery.
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I wrote the following in my review of the 1000HE netbook. Did you follow all these steps? It was a breeze to replace the installed 1GB with 2GB -- remove 2 screws, take off cover, push out the two retaining clips on either side of the 1GB module, take out the 1GB module, put in the 2GB module, press down, replace cover and screws, done! Oh, one more thing. As the computer starts to boot up (and I mean right when it starts to power up) hold down the F2 key to bring up the BIOS. Verify that it sees 2GB of RAM. Then hit F10 to save the configuration. Once booted up, check by right-clicking My Computer, Properties. I wrote the following in my review of the 1000HE netbook. Did you follow all these steps? It was a breeze to replace the installed 1GB with 2GB -- remove 2 screws, take off cover, push out the two retaining clips on either side of the 1GB module, take out the 1GB module, put in the 2GB module, press down, replace cover and screws, done! Oh, one more thing. As the computer starts to boot up (and I mean right when it starts to power up) hold down the F2 key to bring up the BIOS. Verify that it sees 2GB of RAM. Then hit F10 to save the configuration. Once booted up, check by... » Read More I wrote the following in my review of the 1000HE netbook. Did you follow all these steps? It was a breeze to replace the installed 1GB with 2GB -- remove 2 screws, take off cover, push out the two retaining clips on either side of the 1GB module, take out the 1GB module, put in the 2GB module, press down, replace cover and screws, done! Oh, one more thing. As the computer starts to boot up (and I mean right when it starts to power up) hold down the F2 key to bring up the BIOS. Verify that it sees 2GB of RAM. Then hit F10 to save the configuration. Once booted up, check by right-clicking My Computer, Properties. « Show Less
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Common problem...you have to press the key repeatedly and rapidly to catch the small time window where the bios comes up. The bios key window is very short by default (you can change that in the bios too, when you get in). I assume this is to keep the boot times to a minumum.
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Yes, you do have to hit the F2,F10 for the bios to recognize the new 2 GB module. Otherwise, it will assume it only has a 1 GB module installed.
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Are you sure that you are pushing the ram chip all the way down? Since all was working before you played with the ram, it seems like that's your most likely point of failure. I popped in my 2GB ram and all worked fine. As I recall, when the ram seats right you can feel it. The other possibility is that you somehow damaged the ram slot. Best way to diagnose your problem is to get your hands on another 1000HE and try swapping ram chips to see if the problem lies in the ram.
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Please go to Crucial.com and install their tool. They will tell you what ram to use. It is a free utility, and does a wonderful and correct job. It has never given me the incorrect information. This is where everyone should start to select the correct ram. All I did, was gave a critical review of the ram I installed, at the recommendation of this utility. You can't go wrong.
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There appears to be conflicting opinions as to whether 2Gigs of memory will improve performance with this netbook. I was just about ready to order the upgrade until reading these comments.Has anyone here upgraded and if so can you say for sure that it has sped things up at all? I actually just called Acer tech support and was told that the Acer Aspire One A0532h-2588, cannot be upgraded to 2GB. So I don't know what to believe now.
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I just installed this ram in my eee 1005PE and did the whole bios thing... Windows 7 still says I have only one gig... what did I do wrong?
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I am having post problems with this board and memory. I found links to others having same. Followed troubleshooting from that site and pulled 3 of my 4G Cosairs out, leaving 1 in slot 2 and it booted. I see that the online QVL list is a C9(xmp) rather than the C9b I bought from Amazon.... trusting the "What others are buying" when choosing memory. Maybe I have a bad stick, or three. Maybe not compatible despite the one stick booting. Looks like on Newegg they combine Gskill 16g with the ASUS P8z77-v deluxe. Oh well. Maybe I can return if bad sticks or exchange if not compatible. As much as I spend on these builds from Amazon/NE/TD they should work with me. I am having post problems with this board and memory. I found links to others having same. Followed troubleshooting from that site and pulled 3 of my 4G Cosairs out, leaving 1 in slot 2 and it booted. I see that the online QVL list is a C9(xmp) rather than the C9b I bought from Amazon.... trusting the "What others are buying" when choosing memory. Maybe I have a bad stick, or three. Maybe not compatible despite the one stick booting. Looks like on Newegg they combine Gskill 16g with the ASUS P8z77-v deluxe. Oh well. Maybe I can return if bad sticks or exchange if not compatible.... » Read More I am having post problems with this board and memory. I found links to others having same. Followed troubleshooting from that site and pulled 3 of my 4G Cosairs out, leaving 1 in slot 2 and it booted. I see that the online QVL list is a C9(xmp) rather than the C9b I bought from Amazon.... trusting the "What others are buying" when choosing memory. Maybe I have a bad stick, or three. Maybe not compatible despite the one stick booting. Looks like on Newegg they combine Gskill 16g with the ASUS P8z77-v deluxe. Oh well. Maybe I can return if bad sticks or exchange if not compatible. As much as I spend on these builds from Amazon/NE/TD they should work with me. « Show Less
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The laptop has 2 ram slots, i just put in mine 2x4gb crucial memories and works like a charm, before i had only the 4 gb original hynix memory in it. Also you have 2 hdd drive bays which is a rare thing into a laptop especially at this price so you can easily put in a ssd drive to speed up the system. @Lemas I don't know what problems are you experiencing but I had 0 problems with it I used windows 8 and i just upgraded to 8.1 without any problems and i am using it for more than 6 months now and is my main work laptop so it runs almost 24h/day.@Rudy yeah having a big touch pad you can easily move the cursor around so i suggest you use a mouse and shutdown the touch using FN+F7 keys. The laptop has 2 ram slots, i just put in mine 2x4gb crucial memories and works like a charm, before i had only the 4 gb original hynix memory in it. Also you have 2 hdd drive bays which is a rare thing into a laptop especially at this price so you can easily put in a ssd drive to speed up the system. @Lemas I don't know what problems are you experiencing but I had 0 problems with it I used windows 8 and i just upgraded to 8.1 without any problems and i am using it for more than 6 months now and is my main work laptop so it runs almost 24h/day.@Rudy yeah having a big touch pad... » Read More The laptop has 2 ram slots, i just put in mine 2x4gb crucial memories and works like a charm, before i had only the 4 gb original hynix memory in it. Also you have 2 hdd drive bays which is a rare thing into a laptop especially at this price so you can easily put in a ssd drive to speed up the system. @Lemas I don't know what problems are you experiencing but I had 0 problems with it I used windows 8 and i just upgraded to 8.1 without any problems and i am using it for more than 6 months now and is my main work laptop so it runs almost 24h/day.@Rudy yeah having a big touch pad you can easily move the cursor around so i suggest you use a mouse and shutdown the touch using FN+F7 keys. « Show Less
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I added the 800hz crucial 2GB upgrade and the same thing happens when it restarts after updates. Normal restarts and shutdowns are fine, but just those restarts after program installations etc. are causing this. I'm thinking of upgrading to windows 7 home to see if it gets better, but I don't know yet...
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I don't really know! I tried installing ram from Best Buy on 2 different occasions and, had to return the ram because it wouldn't boot. So, I asked a member of the Geek Squad why the ram I purchased wouldn't boot. He took my computer in the back and tested it and said that I had to have this kind of low voltage ram. I had to have 1.35v ram for my computer to work. So, to make a long story short Vengence is what I chose because I read the reviews and knew they make good stuff �
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I bought this motherboard for my media computer, so I use it often. When I installed 4GB total, in all four slots, it probably overloaded the memory bus, which led to very poor performance. You might get away with only using 3 out of the 4 slots. Or you might need to update the bios. I also have a fairly decent video card, which could also be part of the problem.So on paper, you should be able to install 8GB of RAM, but in reality, you might not be able to. It is old technology, so you might have a hard time finding a useful bios update. Good luck.
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to the best of my knowledge, your machine will take a maximum of 8gb of ram (DDR2)...that (should) means a pair of 4gb sticks...I do not know if your computer came with a pair of 1.5's or a single 3gb stick...check out what is inside the computer...just Google "how to remove/replace the RAM in (your model)...it's simple to do. It is costly however for DDR2's (probably $100 or more each). good luck
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Everything I've read says you can't upgrade the RAM on the U120. I had just ordered it and haven't received it yet. I hope I won't regret not being able to add RAM. I researched as much as my mind could handle when I ordered this. I liked the light weight and the decent screen size and the brightness. It's all very confusing. Now there is a U120H. I don't know what the H has and why it's different. Better connectivity I've been told. Anyone know what this means? I don't want to have buyer's remorse. Sigh...it's all too much!
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I am also looking for the memory upgrade. If someone who has done this could post details, I would be eternally grateful! Not a member of the geek sqad so I am not sure how to go about it - is there a specific type to buy and how do you instal it?
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I'm not a teck so keep that in mind. I had a problem too at first when I saw there were 2 separate areas for the memory chips. Try switching them and make sure they are securely inserted. Other than that I don't know. You might want to go to a place like Compusa or something. Sounds like an installation problem more than defects.
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Remember that some makers ram plays better than others. 99% of the time it works just plugging it in, but that other 1% you might have to go into bios and set the voltage/speed manually.
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I upgraded to 8GB of memory (2x4G, DDR3 SO-DIMM) like this one http://www.amazon.com/Crucial-PC3-12800-204-Pin-Notebook-CT2KIT51264BF160B/dp/B005LDLVAO/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1397079242&sr=8-2&keywords=SO-DIMM+ddr3. The system feels much snapper when many pages are open at the same time. It is easy to upgrade RAM, just remove the four rubber feet and the screws underneath them. Theoretically, the CPU supports 16GB, not sure if the mother board supports that much of memory. If someone has 16GB of memory at hand, please try and report back. The recognized memory size can be found in chrome://system (type it in the url bar).
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Hi, I suggest you go into the BIOS Press/Tap F2 and turn Disable BOOT BOOSTER. Press F10 to save the setting and exit. Remove the Battery after turning off the BOOT BOOSTER. Make certain the RAM is Seated in the slot evenly both sides of the RAM should be the same depth in the slot. Look at the key slot and make certain it is seated in the slot. 1 GB stick is all it will take as there is 1GB on the motherboard. The RAM should be a DDR2 SO Dimm speed 5300. I also suggest windows anytime upgrade to at least Home Premium.
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Hi,My RAM has a Hynix sticker with 2GB 2Rx8 PC2-6400S-666-12 and then there is a bar code below the text. On top of that stickers bar code there is another sticker saying 2GB, DDR2-800 VOID IF REMOVED.The RAM was immideatly by my HP Mini 2140 that said that it detected a new configuration with a 2.08GB RAM and wanted to know if I should save that configuration in the BIOS. So I did and the machine booted up nicely.No problem for me.BR Tomas