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To install memory modules:
1 Shut down the computer (see page 20).
HINT: Memory
purchased from Dell is
covered under your
computer warranty.
2 Turn off any attached devices and disconnect them from their
electrical outlets.
NOTICE: To disconnect a network cable, first unplug the cable from your
computer and then unplug it from the network wall jack.
3
Disconnect the computer power cable from the wall outlet, and then
press the power button to ground the system board.
4 Open the computer cover (see page 67).
NOTICE: If you upgrade the memory, the memory modules must be upgraded
in matched pairs of identical MB capacity in both memory connectors RIMM1
and RIMM2 or memory connectors RIMM3 and RIMM4 (see page 70).
NOTICE: Be sure to install memory modules in the first two memory
connectors (RIMM1 and RIMM2) nearest the processor before installing
memory modules in the outer two memory connectors (RIMM3 and RIMM4)
(see page 70).
NOTICE: All memory connectors must be populated with either a memory
module or a continuity module. The computer will not operate if a memory
connector is unpopulated.
5
Remove a memory or a continuity module.
NOTICE: If you remove your original memory modules from the computer
during a memory upgrade, keep them separate from any new modules that you
may have, even if the new modules were purchased from Dell. Your original
memory modules must be installed as a pair in either connectors RIMM1 and
RIMM 2 or RIMM 3 and RIMM4. Do not pair one original memory module
with one new memory module in connectors RIMM1 and RIMM2 or RIMM3
and RIMM4. Otherwise, your computer may not start properly.
a Press out the securing clip at each end of the memory module
connector.
b Grasp the module and pull up.
If the module is difficult to remove, gently ease the module back
and forth to remove it from the connector.
6 To insert a module, press out the securing clip at each end of the
memory module connector.
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