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    Need help with z60m memory upgrade.

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by eyelo, Aug 26, 2009.

  1. eyelo

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    I'm trying to upgrade the ram in my friend's z60m so I bought a 2 gig stick of pc-4200 ram and replaced the one that was already in there. But now I get BSODs and I ran memtest and told me the ram was at fault. It's prob cause I read that the max it can take is 1 gig per slot. So is that the problem? I also read that there are 2 ram slots, but I only found one in the manual and computer, the one under the palm rest. Where is the other one?
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    Maybe it's BSODing because 2GB of memory is the max. The other slot is under the keyboard I believe. Consult the Hardware Maintenance Manual to see how to do it. Check the sticky for a link.
     
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    I checked the manual last night and it doesn't mention any slot under the keyboard. Plus if there was one, I think its empty, because before the upgrade it was only recognizing the 512 stick that I took out and now its only recognizing the 2 gig stick that I put in.
     
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    It says on page 65 of the manual the slots are stacked on top of each other.
     
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    I don't see where it mentions that they're stacked on top of each other but I'm going to go back in and check it out, thanks.
     
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    Look at the picture.
     
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    Oh, ok I figured everything out. I see the two slots now that I know what I'm looking for. It turns out the stick was just bad. I switched his 2 gig stick and my 2 gig stick and my computer wouldn't even boot while his passed the memtest. Guess it's time to go back to fry's. Thanks for the help.
     
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