Help!
I have a Compaq Presario desktop computer and decided to up grade the RAM stuff from 512 thingies to the maximum capacity of 2GBs so that it would handle programmes better - I am sure it was hampered as the hard disc fired up all the time.
So, following a recommendation from the daughter's boyfriend, I checked on 'Crucial' computer stuff's site and bought some RAM as a matching pair (as advised).
It came today and I popped it in without any difficulty (I have actually built a computer in the past)
.
As soon as it fired up (it recognised the 2GB
) the main cooling fan (back of the case) came on and has been on pretty constantly. It used to kick in and out but now it's constant and noisy!
Can I tweak the setting some how, or does it think that because it has all that (hot?) new memory it needs to be on all the time?
Advice gratefully received.
I have a Compaq Presario desktop computer and decided to up grade the RAM stuff from 512 thingies to the maximum capacity of 2GBs so that it would handle programmes better - I am sure it was hampered as the hard disc fired up all the time.
So, following a recommendation from the daughter's boyfriend, I checked on 'Crucial' computer stuff's site and bought some RAM as a matching pair (as advised).
It came today and I popped it in without any difficulty (I have actually built a computer in the past)
.As soon as it fired up (it recognised the 2GB
) the main cooling fan (back of the case) came on and has been on pretty constantly. It used to kick in and out but now it's constant and noisy!Can I tweak the setting some how, or does it think that because it has all that (hot?) new memory it needs to be on all the time?
Advice gratefully received.
