Help - Installing memory

popsicle

popsicle

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I currrently have two 512 chips in my laptop. I purchased two 1gb chips and installed them. the computer would not boot. I took out the two 1gb and put the 512's back and it works. so, i'm guessing that I was installing them correctly.

is there a time period that I should wait, or should it boot quickly.

i did get a series of three beeps one of the times i attempted to boot.

Any help is appreciated.
 
bcp

bcp

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popsicle said:
I currrently have two 512 chips in my laptop. I purchased two 1gb chips and installed them. the computer would not boot. I took out the two 1gb and put the 512's back and it works. so, i'm guessing that I was installing them correctly.

is there a time period that I should wait, or should it boot quickly.

i did get a series of three beeps one of the times i attempted to boot.

Any help is appreciated.
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and there lies the answer.
check the requirements for the memory and make sure you have the right type.
the three beeps is the puters way of telling you that it is not finding any memory when it triest to boot.
 
popsicle

popsicle

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bcp said:
and there lies the answer.
check the requirements for the memory and make sure you have the right type.
the three beeps is the puters way of telling you that it is not finding any memory when it triest to boot.
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I purchased it from compgeeks.com after I thought I did a search to find out what kind I needed. do you know how I can find out what kind I need/

Thanks for you help
 
bcp

bcp

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popsicle said:
I purchased it from compgeeks.com after I thought I did a search to find out what kind I needed. do you know how I can find out what kind I need/

Thanks for you help
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What is the make and model of the puter in question?
do a search on that and see if the manufacture posts the information.
 
popsicle

popsicle

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bcp said:
ok, so does your specific unit require DDR, DDR2 or SDRAM?
and how old is it? will the board even recognize memory at that level or is it limited to 512?
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It's is less than a year old.

I found a web site that does a system check. and it looks like I bought DDR2 when I should have DDR.
 
BadGirl

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Try Crucial.com good place to use if you don't know what kind of memory you need.
Will give you type and largest allowed total and per chip.
 
popsicle

popsicle

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BadGirl said:
Try Crucial.com good place to use if you don't know what kind of memory you need.
Will give you type and largest allowed total and per chip.
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I am so confused now!!!! I went to crucial.com, scanned my system, and it told me to buy exaclty what I bought. The only thing it didn't specify was pin numbers. I was under the impression that laptops were 200 pin. Anybobdy know wanything about that?
 
clevalley

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Laptops typically use a smaller module like a SODIM... it is more compact.

Besides being an HP Pavillion, what is the exact model? Like mine is a Dell XPS 1710...

Also, what kind of memory did you buy? Give us the specs/manufacturer/part number - whatever you have.

It is quite possible you bought the correct memory, but your laptop cannot support more than 1GB - a lot of cheaper laptops do this, but answer the above and we can let you know.
 
popsicle

popsicle

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clevalley said:
Laptops typically use a smaller module like a SODIM... it is more compact.

Besides being an HP Pavillion, what is the exact model? Like mine is a Dell XPS 1710...

Also, what kind of memory did you buy? Give us the specs/manufacturer/part number - whatever you have.

It is quite possible you bought the correct memory, but your laptop cannot support more than 1GB - a lot of cheaper laptops do this, but answer the above and we can let you know.
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My model is DV8333.
I purchased Rambo 1GB DDR2 PC2-5300 200 pin SODIMM Major/3rd
I am certain that my laptop is upgradable to 2GB with two 1GB chips.
 
clevalley

clevalley

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popsicle said:
My model is DV8333.
I purchased Rambo 1GB DDR2 PC2-5300 200 pin SODIMM Major/3rd
I am certain that my laptop is upgradable to 2GB with two 1GB chips.
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What you bought looks to be right... and you are right - your laptops max is 2GB. This is what i would do;

Insert one of the 512 SODIMS in one of the slots...
Insert one of the 1GB SODIMS in the other slot...

Turn the computer on - does it boot and show 1.5GB? If not - possibly a bad 1GB SODIM...

Turn the computer off and swap the 1GB SODIMS with the other new one...

Turn the computer on - does it boot and show 1.5GB? If not - that 1GB SODIM is bad...

You might have a bad module (quite possible)...

All this is doing is isolating which SODIM module is bad - maybe. I am trying to see if your laptop can mix memory sizes and I am seeing nothing that says you cannot do so. You will not hurt anything - the worst that will happen is that it will not boot at all.

Try the above to see if you can isolate the problem a bit further.
 
M

Mousebaby

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clevalley said:
Laptops typically use a smaller module like a SODIM... it is more compact.

Besides being an HP Pavillion, what is the exact model? Like mine is a Dell XPS 1710...

Also, what kind of memory did you buy? Give us the specs/manufacturer/part number - whatever you have.

It is quite possible you bought the correct memory, but your laptop cannot support more than 1GB - a lot of cheaper laptops do this, but answer the above and we can let you know.
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I too am an M1710 owner. I just upgraded to 4GB of memory. This baby SCREAMS! :lmao:
 
clevalley

clevalley

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Hey Popsicle???

clevalley said:
What you bought looks to be right... and you are right - your laptops max is 2GB. This is what i would do;

Insert one of the 512 SODIMS in one of the slots...
Insert one of the 1GB SODIMS in the other slot...

Turn the computer on - does it boot and show 1.5GB? If not - possibly a bad 1GB SODIM...

Turn the computer off and swap the 1GB SODIMS with the other new one...

Turn the computer on - does it boot and show 1.5GB? If not - that 1GB SODIM is bad...

You might have a bad module (quite possible)...

All this is doing is isolating which SODIM module is bad - maybe. I am trying to see if your laptop can mix memory sizes and I am seeing nothing that says you cannot do so. You will not hurt anything - the worst that will happen is that it will not boot at all.

Try the above to see if you can isolate the problem a bit further.
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Any luck or progress?
 
M

Mousebaby

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RadioPatrol said:
maybe with Vista that should be "Moves along efficiently" lol
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Nope, no Vista here. Running XP on this one. I had Vista upgrade but got rid of it. I was tired of waiting on things to run. Not to mention, I have way too many gadgets and software that did not like Vista. So, I wiped it out and put XP back on it. Much better, and like I said, with 4GB it screams! :lmao:
 
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