- Mar 2, 2015
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Hi,
I've lately purchased a Corsair Value Select 4GB DDR3L SO-DIMM RAM for an upgrade, adding up to a total of 8GB of RAM (including the original factory provided DIMM which was 4GB).
It worked perfectly for the first few days. I was able to notice the significant speed upgrade. But on the fourth day, it began to fail. My screen begin to flicker and the whole machine shut down by itself.
I tried rebooting it with no luck, with this time it wouldn't even boot to the Windows 8 boot screen. It just automatically shuts itself off after pressing the power button. I removed the Corsair DIMM and my laptop booted as usual. I tried re-installing the Corsair DIMM again and it booted with no problems.
Just when I thought the problem was fixed, the same problem began to show up again after a few minutes, the screen freezes and the starts to flicker. After shutting the machine down, I tried turning it on again with the same results as before, the fan and optical drive rings for a while as the screen lit up (without any thing showing, just the backlight), then proceeds to shut itself off.
I'd have to remove the Corsair RAM for it to boot properly again. I reinstalled the Corsair RAM to have Memtest86 diagnose whats wrong but with no luck as it always freezes at the 5th test for hours.
What could be the problem? The memory module itself? My laptop's RAM slot? Or could it be an incompatible RAM?
Here's my specs-
Asus K551LN (VivoBook S551LN)
Processor : Intel Core i5-4210U @ 1.7ghz
GPU : nVidia Geforce GT840m
RAM : 4GB
OS : Windows 8.1 64bit
Any advice and help are greatly appreciated, thanks!
I've lately purchased a Corsair Value Select 4GB DDR3L SO-DIMM RAM for an upgrade, adding up to a total of 8GB of RAM (including the original factory provided DIMM which was 4GB).
It worked perfectly for the first few days. I was able to notice the significant speed upgrade. But on the fourth day, it began to fail. My screen begin to flicker and the whole machine shut down by itself.
I tried rebooting it with no luck, with this time it wouldn't even boot to the Windows 8 boot screen. It just automatically shuts itself off after pressing the power button. I removed the Corsair DIMM and my laptop booted as usual. I tried re-installing the Corsair DIMM again and it booted with no problems.
Just when I thought the problem was fixed, the same problem began to show up again after a few minutes, the screen freezes and the starts to flicker. After shutting the machine down, I tried turning it on again with the same results as before, the fan and optical drive rings for a while as the screen lit up (without any thing showing, just the backlight), then proceeds to shut itself off.
I'd have to remove the Corsair RAM for it to boot properly again. I reinstalled the Corsair RAM to have Memtest86 diagnose whats wrong but with no luck as it always freezes at the 5th test for hours.
What could be the problem? The memory module itself? My laptop's RAM slot? Or could it be an incompatible RAM?
Here's my specs-
Asus K551LN (VivoBook S551LN)
Processor : Intel Core i5-4210U @ 1.7ghz
GPU : nVidia Geforce GT840m
RAM : 4GB
OS : Windows 8.1 64bit
Any advice and help are greatly appreciated, thanks!
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