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IF you still have the old memory sticks, put them back in to see if everything is back to normal. It is important to go to System Information to view the max capacity of RAM. IF you put TOO much memory, the RAM will not operate properly. This applies to all Window systems and most Mac systems.

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Q: New memory was put in my computer and it will not start the ram is compatible and when i took a stick of ram out it started but uses a quarter of total memory i have no idea why any idea why thank?
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