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Chapter 12: Upgrading Your Computer

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If you are removing a memory module from the memory module bank,
gently pull the plastic tabs away from the sides of the memory module
and remove it.

- OR -

If you are adding a memory module to an empty memory module bank,
gently pull the plastic tabs away from the sides of the memory module
bank.

4

Align the notch on the new memory module with the notch on the
memory module bank and press firmly into the bank. The tabs on the sides
of the memory module should secure the memory module automatically.
When the module is secure, you hear a click.

5

Close the case by following the instructions in

“Closing the computer case”

on page 218

.

6

Turn on your computer. Windows starts and the Windows desktop appears.

7

In Windows XP, click

Start

,

Control Panel

, then click

Performance and

Maintenance

(if in Category View). Click/Double-click

System

. The amount

of memory in your computer is shown at the bottom of the System Properties
window in the General tab.