Re: Laptop memory upgrade problem

On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:50:07 -0600, Quaoar <quaoar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

BigJim wrote:
laptops can be very finicky about memory upgrades you could try crucial.com
for the perfect match.
<razvan.dinu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:e4309115-4c18-491f-bbbb-8bea9d3a27e6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi,

I have a 4 year old HP Pavilion ze4417, which was shipped with 2x256Mb
266MHz PC2100 SODIMM 200pins RAM. Specs say that it can be upgrade to
1G (2x512Mb). I've just bought a Transcend module of 512Mb, according
to the laptop specs (see above), installed it correctly, but the
laptop does not recognize it (in BIOS). First I thought the problem
was at memory side, so I replaced the module with another one (same
configuration), but the result was identical....

Any ideas?

Cheers,
Raz.


I agree: Crucial, though more expensive, is the RAM of choice.

Q
I just upgraded an HP zd8000 with a 2GB chip from Kingston, and it
worked fine, reported a full 2.256 GB RAM in BIOS and XP. It was DDR2
667Mhz, mixed with the older PC4200 RAM.

HP website said this would only take upto 2x1GB chips.

I suspect the memory is in the problem. Try to upgrade the BIOS.

samurai.
.

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