Vaio Z570AN Wont Boot with 8GB ram. Help?

Hello everyone!

I've read all threads about booting the vaio with 8GB ram, so I got a pair of Kingston KVR1066D3Q8K7S/4G 1.5v 4GB sticks and downloaded all bioses from R2168M3 to R4043M3.

With all bioses I have the exact same result. When booting with one or two 4GB sticks, I get a black screen and no beeps, it just sits there. If I mix one 4GB with an old 2GB stick, in the bios it reports 0GB ram (???) but it works in windows reporting 2GB, it doesnt see the 4GB stick just the old one. I tried the advanced menu modded bioses to try and enable or disable the dram timing settings but had the same result.

Any ideas? Im getting desperate already!

Thanks a lot!

 

Are you sure your 2x 4GB sticks are fully working? You never know, you may have been unlucky enough to get 2x bad sticks in one pack.

Umm. I wasn't aware of the VGN-Z making beeping sounds upon boot (unless there was a RAM or component start-up check error).

There being no beeps can still indicate bad RAM sticks. Try confirming that they are indeed working on another machine. I'm using a R2170M3 with 8GB of Samsung RAM. If your sticks do work on another machine, what is the date of manufacture of those sticks you bought?

 

Hi SushiMonster!

I'll try and test them on another notebook then. Meanwhile, I could not identify the manufacturing date, perhaps you can looking at the modules? I've taken pics:

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ATM I'm using the R2171M3 bios with Slic 2.1.

Thanks again!

 

You bought the wrong RAM. The Q8 after D3 means it's Quad-ranked ECC RAM. There's absolutely no way to get it to work in a Z.

You need non-ECC RAM.

 

Damn. Thanks arth1, any non ECC ram should be ok then?

 

Would these work?

Corsair CMSO8GX3M2A1333C9 Type: 204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM
8GB (2 x 4GB) Speed: DDR3 1333 Cas Latency: 9 Timing: 9-9-9-24 Voltage: 1.5V Dual Channel Kit

 

check this out: RAM at superbiiz This could be cheaper if you apply the code "hibernate10" for 15% off... I'm using the super talent 1333 mhz stick in my VPC-Z which takes the same RAM as your VGN-Z. Making the upgrade <$80 for 8gb

 

Achusaysblessyou, I'm in brazil so im kind of limited on options ha. If this Corsair I posted works, I think I can get it for a very reasonable price. Wonder if it works tho?

 

Ahh okay, well according to this site's tech specs for the RAM,

PROVANTAGE: Corsair CMSO8GX3M2A1333C9 8GB SODIMM Kit DDR3 1333MHZ Un

the RAM is unbuffered NON-ECC RAM so, it should work . Have fun!

 

Ok in the end I'm getting these:

Newegg.com - OCZ 8GB (2 x 4GB) 204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Laptop Memory Model OCZ3M13338GK

PLEASE tell me they work LOL.

 

I ordered this: CT2KIT51264BC1067 , I currently have the R2169M3 BIOS, do I need to change or will it work with what I have?

 

Well mine is CAS9 i hope that wont be a hurdle apart from that I think yours is ok? What about mine? Ahhh ! LOL

 

CAS 9 is the rating at 1333 MHz (PC 10666). Since the Core 2 Z can only run RAM at 1066 MHz (PC 8500), chances are that the SPD in the RAM will tell the BIOS to run the RAM at CAS 7.

I.e. you'll most likely get it to run as 1066 7-7-7-20, which is fine. Unless you paid more to get 1333 MHz RAM, that is -- in which case you just paid for more than you can take advantage of.

 

Awesome! Nah I paid like 20 bucks to change my ECC 1066 to this 1333 OCZ. I REALLY HOPE this works now. Will get it tomorrow.

 

Got the corsair instead. Worked like a charm! Thank you everyone!

 

So which BIOS did you use?

 

Just received my 2 x 4GB crucial memory today and all is well, installed it and it booted right up, with the same R2169M3 BIOS,