Dell Inspiron 2650 Memory

[BobyJo]

I swapped an older socket A system for this Dell laptop yesterday.
There is a problem with the missing adapter that goes between the hard drive and the board. I have that ordered as of today.
It has 128mb of embedded memory and one slot to add more memory.
Dell tells me that a 256mb stick is the max I can add.
They could not tell me why, but did state that it is not a bios limatition.
I need to add as much memory as I can to this system.
I have installed XP Pro as the OS, so more memory is a must.
Can anyone help me with this.
Could I add a 512mb stick or maybe a 1gb stick of memory to this laptop?

[madcatmk3]

it's cheap dell ****. while I think there Destop PC's can gain some power if someone experianced messes with them. But on the otherhand I don't know at all who malkes dell laptops and it's definetly not clevo (which malkes high preformace). I'ts possible they do that to thier lower models so people will go for the more prices one as well.

[BobyJo]

Originally Posted by BobyJo

I swapped an older socket A system for this Dell laptop yesterday.
There is a problem with the missing adapter that goes between the hard drive and the board. I have that ordered as of today.
It has 128mb of embedded memory and one slot to add more memory.
Dell tells me that a 256mb stick is the max I can add.
They could not tell me why, but did state that it is not a bios limatition.
I need to add as much memory as I can to this system.
I have installed XP Pro as the OS, so more memory is a must.
Can anyone help me with this.
Could I add a 512mb stick or maybe a 1gb stick of memory to this laptop?

They were right, the 256mb stick is the only upgreade available for this laptop.
I have installed this upgrade.
I still have the problem of once in awhile I get a message
"no operating system found".
I had thought if I replaced that adapter between the hard drive and the board, that would eleminate this problem.
It did not, still there, Does anyone have an idea of what it would take to remove the bottom of the case etc.
I need to get a good look at the socket where the hard drive plugs into the board.
Maybe I could see what the problem may be.

[Favu]

It could be the HDD not spinning up in time - check to see if there is a delay option in the BIOS, if there is, you could set it a little higher and see if that cures your problem.

HTH

Favu.