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Is this a problem?

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So I'm trying my best to test out Manjaro KDE on this old Dell Inspiron laptop. Right now my problem is an admin password set on the Bios, preventing me from booting from a USB. However while I was looking I noticed something odd about the RAM placement. According to the settings, we have a total of 6GB of RAM, one 4GB stick by Micron, and one 2GB stick from Hynix. And this hasn't been modified in any way, this was how it was when we bought this laptop almost 8 years ago. Now I'm wondering, is having these mismatched RAM sticks in here a problem for the computer?

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Can the bios be reflashed removing the password? Dunno if it’s possible, just asking.

 

the ram strikes me as odd.  Might be something to not mess with and worry about after removal of the bios issue though.  It’s possible something funky was done in bios to make that work.

Not a pro, not even very good.  I’m just old and have time currently.  Assuming I know a lot about computers can be a mistake.

 

Life is like a bowl of chocolates: there are all these little crinkly paper cups everywhere.

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