The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Problem With RAM Upgrade in a Compaq V5000

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by thekid33445, Apr 24, 2006.

  1. thekid33445

    thekid33445 Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    2
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    I tried to put in a 1gb stick of Corsair ValueSelect VS1GSDS400 RAM in my Compaq V5000z that I just bought, and it wouldn't boot. Is there anything I can do to make it work. Thanks.
     
    thekid33445, Apr 24, 2006
    #1
  2. NetBrakr

    NetBrakr Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    119
    Messages:
    1,344
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    Hello and welcome.

    Are you sure that you put it correctly? If so, probably its a bad RAM. Well, no doubt its correct type of ram.

    JC
     
    NetBrakr, Apr 24, 2006
    #2
  3. qwester

    qwester Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    366
    Messages:
    2,755
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    Your notebook uses 333MHz Ram. Although that usually shouldn't be an issue since modules can downclock, at least one step.

    Are you installing this module in addition to another that is already installed? If so try it alone. If that doesn't work try it in the second RAM slot.

    RAM modules are tested and rarely do you get bad ones. So if the above fails, I'd recommend you try it in another notebook before concluding that it is faulty.
     
    qwester, Apr 24, 2006
    #3
  4. thekid33445

    thekid33445 Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    2
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    I tried putting in the stick to replace the one that was already in there. I'll try today to put it in the other slot, but I had put it in the slot that the previous stick was in.
     
    thekid33445, Apr 25, 2006
    #4
  5. mounah

    mounah Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    1
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Hi,
    I have a Compaq V5000, with the Motherboard: Hewlett-Packard 30AE,
    I have 512(2x256) DDR 333 RAM PC 2700,

    I want to ad 1 GBb of RAM,

    Will DDR400 PC 3200 work?
    Should I buy high density RAM or regular, to work in my sistem?

    Thank you!
     
    mounah, Aug 17, 2007
    #5