Andrew McLaren
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Hello,
I've had an older model Alienware Area-51 ALX (model year 2010) that I have been using mostly for graphics applications, requiring a lot of memory to render. It originally came with 12 GB installed (3 RAM slots) = 3X 4GB DIMM3. I got a good deal (I think on 3x 8GB DIMM3 RAM and have installed them in the slots, correctly so far as I can tell, but the system still indicates that there is 12GB total memory.
This cannot be due to one or more sticks not being recognized (then it would indicate 8GB or 16GB), so I am wondering if there is a BIOS or CMOS reset required (looking at some FAQs about this problem generally). Is there a particular reset or command prompt that I could use which works, the BIOS is Alienware A10, 11/9/2010?
I've had an older model Alienware Area-51 ALX (model year 2010) that I have been using mostly for graphics applications, requiring a lot of memory to render. It originally came with 12 GB installed (3 RAM slots) = 3X 4GB DIMM3. I got a good deal (I think on 3x 8GB DIMM3 RAM and have installed them in the slots, correctly so far as I can tell, but the system still indicates that there is 12GB total memory.
This cannot be due to one or more sticks not being recognized (then it would indicate 8GB or 16GB), so I am wondering if there is a BIOS or CMOS reset required (looking at some FAQs about this problem generally). Is there a particular reset or command prompt that I could use which works, the BIOS is Alienware A10, 11/9/2010?