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    DV6000T not recognizing RAM?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by Jay07, Jan 28, 2009.

  1. Jay07

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    I have a DV6000T with Windows MCE bought in Jan 07. It came with 2 GB of RAM, and I finally decided to upgrade to 4 (although I know it can only read 3.12). I bought 2 x 2GB Kingston DDR 2 PC2-5300 667 MHz RAM and installed both sticks into my DV. I turned on the thing expecting to see 3.12 or something of the sort in the system area, but it still only shows 2GB.

    What is missing here?
     
    Jay07, Jan 28, 2009
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    BUMP! Reading a little more into BIOS Updates. Would that work? And which one?
     
    Jay07, Jan 29, 2009
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    Anyone know why the F this business is not working?
     
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    You need Bios F.25 or newer.
     
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    It's also possible that one of the sticks is not fully seated or is DOA.
     
    lowprofile, Jan 30, 2009
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    I would try each stick by itself to see if either is bad. Then I would see if there are any BIOS updates. Before updating the BIOS I would try just going into the BIOS and low setup defaults the reboot.
     
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    Tried each stick on its lonesome and they both worked, than downloaded F.29 and I still only see 2GB of ram total, what am I missing here?
     
    Jay07, Feb 18, 2009
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    maybe one of the slots is bad.
     
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    Checked both slots, and both seemed to be working. Is this a hardware limitation? I thought DV6000Ts would be able to handle more than 2gb RAM and swear people on these boards have done it.

    What else can I check?
     
    Jay07, Feb 19, 2009
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