How to Change Corrupted RAM in Your Laptop

You are working on your laptop one day when all of a sudden, your laptop starts beeping like crazy.  Then the proverbial  blue scree shows up on your screen and you are like  "oh oh something is wrong here.  You try to run Photoshop and all of a sudden, our laptop crashes...kaput! Do you want to know the cause of your laptop's  demise? It's your corrupt RAM. corrupted RAM causes the applications on your laptop to crawl like a tortoise.  When that happens, remove your corrupt RAM immediately or else Memory Optimizer laptop could be  seriously damaged. Here is how to change your corrupted RAM.

• Run the memory test software to determine if your RAM is really corrupt.  Download Memagent Memory Optimizer or Memory Optimizer Expert to do the memory test . These two pieces of software come highly recommended.
• If you have multiple memory sticks, you need to test them individually.
•   If you establish your RAM is really corrupt, switch off your laptop and turn off the power.
• Depending on the type of RAM on your laptop, installl either SIMM(or single-in line memory module) or DIMM(duak in-line memory module)chips. You can have either a single 1 GB chip or a pair of MB chips.
• Open up your laptop with a + screwdriver
• Check the RAM slots for dirt. If you find any clean it out before inserting the RAM chip. Use a vacuum cleaner to clean the memory slots.
• Now open the RAM socket latch. The RAM  socket  latch should hold the RAM chips in place.
• Place the chip in the latch and re=clip it. If you hear a snappy sound it suggests  successful attachment.
• Next test the RAM installation. You can put the covers on but do not screw the laptop case on completely. Reconnect all your cables and turn on your laptop. Check your BIOS(Basic Input/Output System) . IF you are not sure, F2 or F8. And then check your "Control Panel, click on Sysyem and Maintenance to locate the RAM memory and make sure the  RAM you installed is reflected.
• Reboot your laptop. and  tighten all the screws. Hopefully your laptop should run with the newly installed RAM.

If you are looking for new RAM to install on your laptop, try the following vendors:

• Nerds.net
  
• Compuvest.com
  
• Amazon.com
  

That's a wrap on "How to Change Corrupted RAM in your laptop." Just follow the above instructions and your laptop should be up and running again.

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The Downlow on Changing Your Laptop Processor

Ask most laptop experts and they’d   tell you that changing a laptop processor (or CPU) is a breeze once you take the laptop apart. The tricky part about working on laptops is dealing with the delicate and smallness of the laptop components. So tricky that you could end up placing the wrong component in the wrong place. Lucky for you, most laptop manuals have detailed diagrams showing you, step by step where each component fits. The laptops manuals   furnish you information on the type of processor you need for your laptop. You have all the information at your finger tips.  So here is the lowdown on changing your laptop processor.

Things You Need For The Exercise:

•          Laptop Manual
•          Assembly Guide
•         New Laptop processor
•     Thermal Compound
•         Small screwdriver

Onward:

•         Turn off the laptop and unplug it.
•       Remove the battery, CD/DVD drive and the hard drive. In case you don’t know the hard drive is located on one side of the laptop
•         Use your screw driver to remove the screw that holds the laptop cover, and then pull the           hard drive out.
•        Turn the laptop over and then use the screw driver to remove the screws holding the keyboard.
•          Flip the laptop over, open it and then remove the keyboard.
•          Unplug the keyboard connecting the keyboard to the motherboard.
•         Unplug the heat sink fan.
•         Unscrew and release the old mechanism holding the old processor and then remove it from the laptop.
•          Apply a small layer of  Thermal Compound  to the  the new processor.
•         Make sure the processor is tightly secured and aligned in the processor compartment and then replace the heat sink  fan.
•          Connect the keyboard to the motherboard  temporarily , restart it then, following your manual instructions, enter the system BIOS.  Hopefully, the new processor should be recognized by the processor.
•          Once the BIOS   recognizes the new processor, turn off the laptop, unplug it and remove the keyboard.
•       Reassemble the laptop. Just don’t tighten  the screws to hard while putting the laptop back together.

If you're looking for new processor(or CPU) for your laptop ,Amazon.com  will be a good place to get it from.

Well, that’s a wrap on “ The Downlow on Changing Your Processor.” The exercise is a bit challenging but so long as you take your time and get every component in the right place you should have no problem replacing your processor.

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• The Laptop Repair Workbook: An Introduction to Troubleshooting and Repairing Laptop Computers.