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Upgrade ZT MS-16362 to 4GB of RAM

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This is a quick litle guide on upgrading a ZT model MS-16362 to 4GB of DDR-II Memory A.K.A. Ram. The laptop comes with 1-2GB of DDR depending on model but is capable of up to 4GB. How do we unlock this potential you ask? Simple, we upgrade the BIOS.

Now hold your horses there little lassy, Before you go hoping over to the beautifully craptified and outdated ZT website I must worn you that just like the website, the BIOS is very outdated. So what do we do now? Well if you read my other post found here you will see a ZT MS-16362 is nothing more than an MSI 1636 (EX600). This is good because unlike ZT it appears MSI has kept their BIOS’s up to date. If you read this article I posted a while back you will see how I came to the conclusion that the ZT MS-16362 was capable of a 4GB memory upgrade.

So how do we perform this black art voodoo magic you ask? Well its no voodoo or magic unless swapping your BIOS for the BIOS that was meant to run on your hardware is magic to you. If it is then maybe I suggest checking this guide out instead. First download the BIOS from here, you want the 1636_509.zip file. Download the file and follow the instructions found here. I will also post the instructions and file here for download as well in case MSI decides to delete the data from their website.

First you will need a USB floppy drive like the one found here.
Alternatively you can follow the USB PenDrive BIOS flash instructions found in the guide.
I highly recommend getting a USB Floppy drive if you don’t already have one. The come in handy considering nearly all new pc’s do not come with a floppy drive. I will cover the floppy instructions.

Update BIOS with floppy disk:

1. Extract the zip file containing the BIOS file and flash utility to a bootable floppy disk.
2. Insert the bootable floppy disk in the external USB floppy disk drive.
3. Boot up the notebook form USB floppy disk drive.
Make sure the AC adapter is firmly connected to your notebook before you run this utility.
4. Execute the batch file flash.bat and press <Enter> key at DOS prompt A:\>.

Command Prompt

5. Wait for a couple of seconds to complete the BIOS update procedure.
DO NOT power off the notebook during this BIOS update process.
6. Power off the notebook after the BIOS update procedure is completed.
7. Remove battery pack and AC adapter.
8. Plug in battery pack or AC adapter.
9. Power on the notebook and press <Del> key to enter the BIOS setup menu.
10. Select [Load Setup Defaults] and press <Enter> key to load BIOS default settings.
11. Select [Exit &Save Changes] and press <Enter> key to save changes and exit.

AMI BIOS Flash Utility

MSI BIOS Update Guides

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MSI BIOS Update File

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6 thoughts on “Upgrade ZT MS-16362 to 4GB of RAM”

  1. Hey thanks alot for this info, i was just wondering is there any other more up to date graphics cards that i can swap out for the standard on inside the msi ms-16362?

  3. David,

    You wouldnt happen to have this file anywhere would you? I Cant seem to find it on the MSI site anymore.

    :(

    Thanks

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