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So, I have a Lenovo y500. I wanted to upgrade from the original 2x4gb RAM to 2x8GB ram, so I ordered a Corsair Vengenace 16gb kit. Compared to the stock ram I had(which were ddr3 1600) the new ones are 1866 and ddr3l. Naturally, I've researched before ordering this particular kit and it should be compatible by all means, but as you can guess it doesn't boot.
(CORSAIR Vengeance Performance 16GB (2 x 8G) 204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM DDR3L 1866 (PC3L 15000) Laptop Memory Model CMSX16GX3M2B1866C10) -- this is the kit.
Any tips on how I should get it to work? For now I'm going to try putting in just one/half-half and see how it goes.
UPDATE: Okay, I tried with the corsair ram in slot0 and the stock in slot1 and it boots up. It displays 12 gb of ram. Here are the screencaps from CPU-Z http://imgur.com/a/FIa80. So the RAM themselves are confirmed as working, but for some reason the laptop won't boot when they are put in without a stock 1600 stick? I'm confused now. Is this something that can be made to work through some bios settings?
(CORSAIR Vengeance Performance 16GB (2 x 8G) 204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM DDR3L 1866 (PC3L 15000) Laptop Memory Model CMSX16GX3M2B1866C10) -- this is the kit.
Any tips on how I should get it to work? For now I'm going to try putting in just one/half-half and see how it goes.
UPDATE: Okay, I tried with the corsair ram in slot0 and the stock in slot1 and it boots up. It displays 12 gb of ram. Here are the screencaps from CPU-Z http://imgur.com/a/FIa80. So the RAM themselves are confirmed as working, but for some reason the laptop won't boot when they are put in without a stock 1600 stick? I'm confused now. Is this something that can be made to work through some bios settings?
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