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I have this PC for about 2 years, recently I installed an extra 512MB RAM on the second slot to a total of 1GB but when I start up, I have this problem of no Raid, hence unable to use my SATA hard disk to boot up anymore, when using restart button, the PC went into safe mode. How can I resolve this problem? Thanks.

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Try getting into your BIOS (usually F2 key at first screen, could also be F10 or Del) and check if your hard drive is in RAID or IDE mode. SATA drives can be run in either. Although it is somewhat odd that a simple mem upgrade could case a raid problem.

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Just had same problem. Found a solution:
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Some older computers, like mine, have a maximum memory they can handle. This one happens to be 1 gig, but yours may be less. Do you have an older computer? Yup, you do. As seen here, the maximum supported ram is 256. I'm sorry. Please rate.


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