it sees it fine! phew! and - I have 2 slots - and they are both taken!!! LOL and need to be!!! That was one of the 1st things I checked when I went back on line - after I was relieved that it booted!! Thanks!!!! Cris ----- Original Message ----- From: Foxhillers@xxxxxxx To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 8:36 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: plastic gizmo's - ram In a message dated 9/16/03 8:01:57 PM Eastern Daylight Time, cris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > One of the little plastic gizmos that holds my ram in place is broken. = > so one end of one piece of ram is not being held in place right now. How = > important is this?=20 > This little tiny stupid piece of plastic - is it easily replaced ? or a = > pain and expensive or non-replaceable?=20 > > My daughter dropped something on top of the computer - and it started = > vibrating, so once again I took it apart to tighten wires etc -when I = > reached in that little piece just sort of went flying. Of course, it's = > hard to even see in that spot .... > > CrisS > CrisS Does the computer see the memory with the missing plastic? If it does, don;t worry about it. If it does not, lay the computer on it's side so the motherboard is flat and then see if it will see all the RAM. If it still doesn't see it, put the ram chip in another open slot. Hope this helps MJH To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk