Fujitsu Siemens Computers LifeBook S6010 User Manual page 58

Checking the size of the memory installed
IMPORTANT
• If memory is not installed correctly, the message "Extended memory error" appears or
nothing is displayed on the screen when you turn on the computer. In such a case, turn
off the main switch of your computer and reinstall the memory.
1 Turn on the computer.
2 Click the Start button, and select Control Panel.
The Control Panel window appears.
3 Click Performance and Maintenance and then System.
The System Properties dialog box appears.
4 Make sure that the circled numerical value in the figure below has increased by the size
of the memory you added.
The figure shows an example of the expansion of 256 MB of memory.
Depending on the system configuration, the memory size displayed may be 1 MB smaller than
the actual memory size.
5 Click OK.
The Control Panel window appears again.
Critical Point
If the memory size displayed is incorrect, check whether the memory is installed properly.
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