Ken,

Sorry, I don't know the answer to your question (other hten suggesting you
boot into the BIOS to see if there is a setting) but did want to correct
what Brad said.  According to the link I've attached you can have 8 gig of
memory.

http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/laptop/f/3518/t/19483281

Jerry

On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 1:18 PM, Brad Feuerhelm <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> Hey Ken
>
> Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but you laptop can only handle 4 gig.
>
> At this point Dell doesn't support the laptop anymore. So no option for a
> firmware upgrade.
>
> At this point I would send the memory back and consider buying a newer
> laptop.
>
> A lot of the newer ones will handle 8+ gigs. But be sure to read up on it!
>
> Brad
>
> On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 12:31 PM, Ken Shearer <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> > My wife has a 64-bit Windows 7-based Dell Inspiron N5050, which came
> with 4
> > GB of RAM. She has complained that it has been running more and more
> > slowly,
> > so I decided to add another memory card. I got it directly from Dell
> since
> > I've had issues with third-party RAM before on my own machine. I
> installed
> > it per the directions in the user manual, but when I next started the
> > computer and looked at the System Information display, I saw that it
> still
> > only shows a total of 4 GB of RAM even though a total of 8 GB is
> physically
> > installed in the machine at this point.
> >
> >
> >
> > Is there something I should be doing to "activate" the other 4 GB of RAM?
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> >
> >
> > Ken
> >
> >
>

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