In an effort to squeeze some extra performance out of my trusty Asus EeePC 900 I finally got around to upgrading the memory from the standard 1GB DDR2-400 to 2GB DDR2-667. After several attempts of the poor thing not even booting with the new memory installed I was about to give up when I found an obscure forum posting that gave the solution so I thought I’d post it here too in case someone else has the same problem. The steps are easy!

  1. Buy some new memory.
  2. With the battery and power cable removed undo the two small screws at the back and open up the panel (see photo)eeepc3.jpg
  3. Release the two clips on the side and ease old memory out.
  4. Push in new memory, gently ease it down and it should click into place (don’t press too hard!).
  5. Replace battery, press power button and immediately press F2 until the BIOS screen comes up.
  6. This screen should notice the new memory…. press save and exit (F10)
  7. That’s it! Your Eee should reboot with your usual OS.

It was the whole BIOS step that had passed me by. Still too early to comment on any increased performance, but it definately works and hasn’t blown up yet. (more…)

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