I bought some replacement RAM yesterday, being assured that it would work on my laptop [I'll post all details at the end]. I just installed the new RAM, booted up and the RAM wasn't recognized. I tried Windows Startup Repair Tool a few time but that didn't load and neither, obviously, did "Boot Windows normally".
I've now put the old RAM back in and booted up so I could get some answers before I try again.
What's my next step here in troubleshooting?
Memtest?
Use one old RAM stick and one new?
The only difference I can see between the two is the speed (1600 vs 1333) but I was assured that this was backwards compatible.
I've checked my BIOS and I don't have any options for memory management (probably related to SONY not wanting people to overclock) so I don't know how I could solve this if there was, for example, a difference in voltages between the two RAMs.
I would really appreciate some advice on this.
Cheers!
Details:
Windows 7 Home Premium x64
SONY VAIO VPCEB2S1E
Old RAM: Kingston 2x2GB
Model: SNY1333D3S9DR8/2G
From CPU-Z:
New RAM:
Corsair ValueSelect 2x4GB
Model: CMSO8GX3M2A1600C11
From Corsair site:
I've now put the old RAM back in and booted up so I could get some answers before I try again.
What's my next step here in troubleshooting?
Memtest?
Use one old RAM stick and one new?
The only difference I can see between the two is the speed (1600 vs 1333) but I was assured that this was backwards compatible.
I've checked my BIOS and I don't have any options for memory management (probably related to SONY not wanting people to overclock) so I don't know how I could solve this if there was, for example, a difference in voltages between the two RAMs.
I would really appreciate some advice on this.
Cheers!
Details:
Windows 7 Home Premium x64
SONY VAIO VPCEB2S1E
Old RAM: Kingston 2x2GB
Model: SNY1333D3S9DR8/2G
From CPU-Z:
New RAM:
Corsair ValueSelect 2x4GB
Model: CMSO8GX3M2A1600C11
From Corsair site:
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