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BIOS problem

dannyjebb · 2016-03-11 17:56:42

Good evening all, I have an oldish computer that I rarely use so gave to my sister at uni, I bought some new RAM (2 x 8GB) since learnt that VISTA 64 bit will only recognise 8GB but thats fine. It would only recognice 4GB though so had a look online and seems that flashing the BIOS was necessary so I downloaded the latest…

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esuhl Posts: 9,409 Forumite

15 March 2016 at 10:41PM

moneyman1295 wrote: »

buy the OS cd and use a software to create bootable USB drive which you can download for free. then go to the bios and select the usb as your primary boot device and let's see if it works.

That won't be possible without a functioning BIOS.

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