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I started to upgrade my system a while back and got some great advice, but wasn’t able to complete it at that time. That was a couple of years ago so I wanted to ask for thoughts and suggestions for upgrades now  sense a lot of time has passed and technical terms. I have already purchased and I am trying to upgrade my RAM to 32 MB. It won’t boot whenever I try to use the 32 MB but I have a different post on this problem. It won’t boot whenever I try to use the 32 MB but I have a different post on this problem. I also noticed that neither of my hard drives are showing up in my task manager, but they do show up in other areas. I am not sure if I have settings wrong within bios, or the computer itself. I do know that both discs are pretty small compared to today’s specs. in my task manager, but they do show up in other areas. I am not sure if I have settings wrong within bios, or the computer itself. I do know that both discs are pretty small compared to today’s specs. I would appreciate any thoughts on ways to upgrade and improve this gaming laptop.
17 R4, 32MB ram no boot