I was finally able to upgrade the memory in my laptop today. I mentioned to my father a week ago that I couldn't get the screw out and he offered to do it for me. I have little contact with him outside of getting a ride home from school twice a week so I was surprised. I went over to his house and he was able to help me so I put in the new memory right then and there. When I returned home and booted the computer, it locked up when it got to Windows the first time, blue screened me the second time, and didn't even make it to the desktop before blue screening me the third time. I bought the memory last September so it hasn't been a year yet, which means that it's still covered under the manufacturer warranty. And I bought it from Newegg so I can get a receipt. It's Crucial brand. It seems typical that I would finally be able to upgrade only to find out that the memory module is defective. I'm going to triple (quadruple?) check to see that it's really the right type of memory but the specs match. Maybe the PIN types are different. But doesn't that mean it wouldn't fit in the slot? I guess I need to do research on memory again. If it turns out not to be defective I can either try to sell it or I'll just be out of $15.

I'm paranoid now about my computer blue screening me again. It'll take a few months for the feeling to go away. I know from experience.

Firefox alone uses up 20% of my available memory. I'm a heavy tab user. My current record for the number of tabs I've had open at one time is 16.