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re: Question about 'Things that slow down system bootup'
Monday, December 12, 2005 at 6:52 am
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Posted by mewtwo064 (106 messages posted)


seems like every one forgot to answer question 4, make sure you discharge any static electricity from your body by touching a grounded metal object.


On Saturday, June 18, 2005 at 5:27 am, Jim Bienvenu wrote:
>I have a few questions related to correcting my system booting slowly. Literally,
>it takes 10-15 minutes for the Windows to become active, so I plan to try the other
>things noted in these postings.
>
>After talking with a friend, he suggested I add RAM. I have an HP Compaq NX9010
>laptop with 128 MB of RAM with a 2.6 Ghz Celeron processor. I just purchased 512
>MB of RAM that I need to install. My questions are these.
>1) I have two RAM slots... can I simply install the memory in the available slot,
>or do I need to install it in the slot the 128 MB is in and remove the 128 MB?
>2) If I simply install it in the existing slot, is the memory additive, so my computer
>will now have 640 MB of RAM (128 + 512)?
>3) Can I ultimately replace the 128 MB of RAM with another 512 MB of RAM for 1024
>MB?
>4) Lastly, are there any special precautions or steps I must follow to install this
>additional memory?
>Any advice is greatly appreciated.
>Thanks,
>Jim


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-Question about 'Things that slow down system bootup' (Jim Bienvenu: Sat, Jun 18, 2005, 5:27 am)
*re: Question about 'Things that slow down system bootup' (Norm: Sat, Jun 18, 2005, 6:23 am)
*re: Question about 'Things that slow down system bootup' (Stuart: Sat, Jun 18, 2005, 7:03 am)
*re: Question about 'Things that slow down system bootup' (Cam: Sat, Jun 18, 2005, 8:04 am)
*re: Question about 'Things that slow down system bootup' (Rich Kurtz: Sat, Jun 18, 2005, 8:28 am)
-re: Question about 'Things that slow down system bootup' (Mike: Sat, Jun 18, 2005, 8:38 am)
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-re: Question about 'Things that slow down system bootup' (Mike: Sat, Jun 18, 2005, 12:18 pm)
*re: Question about 'Things that slow down system bootup' (Gloria: Sat, Jun 18, 2005, 1:59 pm)
-re: Question about 'Things that slow down system bootup' (Gloria: Sat, Jun 18, 2005, 2:02 pm)
-re: Question about 'Things that slow down system bootup' (Mike: Sun, Jun 19, 2005, 11:49 am)
*re: Question about 'Things that slow down system bootup' (Gloria: Mon, Jun 20, 2005, 12:59 pm)
-re: Question about 'Things that slow down system bootup' (Jacqueline: Thu, Jan 26, 2006, 6:47 pm)
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*re: Question about 'Things that slow down system bootup' (Nick Coffey: Thu, Sep 8, 2005, 2:35 pm)
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