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    Pavilion dv8000- problem upgrading memory

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by ditto1958, Jan 2, 2009.

  1. ditto1958

    ditto1958 Notebook Enthusiast

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    We have an HP Pavilion dv8000. It currently has 1gb of RAM, but is supposed to be able to accept 2gb. I bought two 1gb modules of Kingston memory, DDR 2700 333ghz, which, from everything I have read, is the right memory.

    I installed it and the computer will not boot. It sometimes gets all the way to the desktop, but keeps starting over.

    I took the new memory out and put the old back in and it works fine.

    I tried putting the new memory back in, but switching which module I put in which slot. Still same problem.

    Oh, one more thing. When I go into the setup screen with the new memory in, it says there is 2gb in the computer.

    Any suggestions on what else I might try?
     
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    ditto1958 Notebook Enthusiast

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    A follow up:

    I put the memory in another computer than takes the same kind and it works fine.
     
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    chelle Newbie

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    Hi guys,

    I also have a HP DV800 and i want to upgrade the memory.Currently it has 512 mb, but i'm not pretty sure what is the maximum that i can upgrade.

    Is it 1GB or 2GB?

    I ask this because one time somebody told me that there are 2 versions (or something like that) of this laptop. One has DDR and other one DDR2. I'm not really familiar with those terms. Can somebody explain to me which one can i do?

    I was checking on EBAY, to buy them but i'm not pretty sure:
    http://computers.search.ebay.com/PC...acatZ58058QQsaobfmtsZinsifQQsspagenameZRC0022

    Thanks.

    PD:Sorry for posting this in an old thread.
     
    chelle, Nov 19, 2009
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