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Inspiron 6000 ram problems

post #1 of 6
12/2/11 at 1:51am
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Hi,

 

I am really stuck with this problem. I have a Inspiron 6000 that had 2x512Mb of memory in it. I bought 2 matching 1Gb sticks to upgrade it to 2Gb.

 

I Installed the latest bios and it booted fine but when I try and install the new memory it won't boot, I just get the flashing num lock light then nothing.

 

I have made sure i am installing the modules all the way into the slots, tryed booting without drives installed and other tips that i have found on forums but nothing has helped. The laptop will boot with 2 matching 512 sticks, either of ther new 1Gb sticks or one of each giving me a mismatched 1.5Gb but will refuse to boot with 2Gb. I have tried installing 1.5 and getting the bios to update then installing the other stick but nothing has helped.

 

Is my computer a freak that has a ram limit of 1.5 or am i missing something?

 

Cheers.

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post #2 of 6
12/2/11 at 2:45am
What are the specs of your memory modules?

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post #3 of 6
12/2/11 at 2:56am
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They are PC2-4200

 

The chip is a Pentium M 760 (533MHz FSB)

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post #4 of 6
12/2/11 at 3:02am
Some notebooks do have an issue with running max ram at max spec (4200 in your case). May be trying 2gb of PC2-3200 first and see.

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post #5 of 6
12/2/11 at 3:09am
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With the PC2-3200 the memory will be running to slow for the cpu so wouldn't boot anyway. Is that right?

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post #6 of 6
12/2/11 at 3:11am
Nah, it may run at lower speed, but has nothing to do with booting up unless the module is bad. And your notebook model supports both 3200 and 4200 specs

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