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Q&A: Why is my computer not working with the new RAM I bought?

Posted on December 5, 2017

Question from Eric H.: I have an older ASUS Essentio CM1630 desktop computer that came with 2GB of RAM.

I scanned the system with Speccy and found out it currently has a single 2GB/DDR3 RAM stick in it.

I want to upgrade the RAM so I bought an 8GB/DDR3 RAM stick and installed it so I can have 10GB total, but I ran into a problem.

The computer won’t boot with both RAM sticks installed. It also won’t boot with just the 8GB stick installed. However, it boots just fine with just the original 2GB stick installed.

What could be the problem? I know this computer is supposed to support up to 16GB of RAM total.

I’m thinking I might have bought a bad RAM stick but I wanted to check with you first in case there’s a BIOS setting or a jumper that needs to be changed.

Rick’s answer: [Read more…]

Amazon has dropped their free shipping threshold to just $25!

Posted on May 26, 2017

Regular readers of this blog know that I’m a huge fan of Amazon. In fact, rarely does a week go by when I don’t receive at least one package from them.

One of the things I love most about shopping at Amazon is how they ship any order that meets their free shipping threshold for free.

Well, I have some good news for you. They have recently dropped that free shipping threshold from $35 to just $25! This page at Amazon.com has all the details. [Read more…]

How to download dozens of great Christmas songs from Amazon for free!

Posted on December 18, 2016

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You probably know that Amazon has a huge selection of Christmas CDs and MP3s, but did you know they give away dozens of awesome Christmas songs in MP3 format every year during the holiday season?

Well, they do, and you can download them right now absolutely free! Simply follow the steps below: [Read more…]

Amazon Prime members in 27 metro areas now get free same-day shipping!

Posted on April 10, 2016

About a year ago Amazon began offering free same-day shipping on eligible items to Amazon Prime (#ad) members who lived in one of fourteen selected U.S. metropolitan areas.

For the lucky folks living in or near those cities, their already awesome Amazon Prime memberships became even more awesome virtually overnight.

Well, Amazon has just announced that they have extended the free same-day shipping perk to Prime members living in twelve additional metro areas.

That brings the total number of U.S. cities covered by the free same-day shipping policy to 27. Here is a list of the lucky locales: [Read more…]