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    HDX18 1101EA RAM upgrade FAIL

    Discussion in 'HP' started by HDX18MS, Jul 14, 2015.

  1. HDX18MS

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    Hey, I want to upgrage my RAM to 8GB, stock 4GB but 2 just went out so I'm on 2GB now and it's really slowing things down.

    Here's what I bought: CM3X8GSDKIT1066

    Laptop will not boot, I power it on and balckscreen, sometimes CAPS and NUM LEDs are on sometimes are off. Tried both sticks in each slot, all combinations with and without HDD installed. Reset CMOS, drained power by holding PW button no luck.



    Physical Memory Array -----------------------------------------------------

    Array Location: System board
    Array Use: System memory
    Error Detecting Method: None
    Memory Capacity: 8388608 KBytes
    Memory Devices: 2

    Thanks in advance, any help apreciated!
     
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    HDX18MS, Jul 14, 2015
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    Bump!

    If I cant boot up the system sending the sticks back tomorrow, but I rather not, anyone got any idea why my HDX wont take these RAM?
     
    HDX18MS, Jul 14, 2015
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    Thank you myself!

    In any case, if someone else needs it:

    CT5306097
     
    HDX18MS, Jul 14, 2015
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    vistabad Notebook Evangelist

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    Will this work? My laptop says the memory is DDR2 PC2-6400, 800MHz.

    It's an HP HDX18-1000 CTO.
     
    vistabad, Aug 2, 2015
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    Sorry, I have no idea. I got mine working by taking the laptop to the store selling the sticks and tried each and every one until I found the right one. I don't know why it was this way, should be easier to find upgrade RAM if you need.

    All I can say to you is, buy somewhere where you can try them first.

    Good luck!
     
    HDX18MS, Aug 4, 2015
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    vistabad Notebook Evangelist

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    I bought Crucial 8GB memory and installed it just the other day. Glad to breath some extra life into this laptop!
     
    vistabad, Aug 7, 2015
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    Im glad you got it sorted.
    Thanks for posting back.
     
    HDX18MS, Aug 11, 2015
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