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I just bought 8 gb of generic ram(2GB RAM Memory DDR2 PC2-5300 / U667MHZ DIMM memory 240-pin PC memory http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA6704P95797) and it arrived last night, i stayed up for 4 hours trouble shooting my problem in my prebuilt pc (HP COMPAQ DC7700 SFF) and i just cant get it to work.

Heres specs for it
Intel pentium D 3.4 ghz
2gb of ram(hopefully 8gb soon)
No gpu
240 watt psu

If i am confusing in anyway, tell me and ill edit
 
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Darkbreeze
No, you need to right size memory. It's doubtful that you will be able to find any compatible motherboard for that memory and cpu, that will fit that proprietary SFF HP case. Possible, but doubtful, and probably expensive.

I'd return the RAM and simply get two additional 1GB memory modules to add to the 2GB already installed. OR, upgrade the whole system since that setup is a 17 year old platform and is really not much worth upgrading or using with any modern software anyhow. Sorry, but it's really time for that old system to get retired. I'm actually quite surprised the motherboard and CPU have not already failed by now. 17 years is a long run for anything related to a PC.
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Your system only supports up to 3GB of memory for the Ultra slim and 4GB for the SFF model. It only supports 1GB per slot, those modules will not work with your system.

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Darkbreeze

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No, you need to right size memory. It's doubtful that you will be able to find any compatible motherboard for that memory and cpu, that will fit that proprietary SFF HP case. Possible, but doubtful, and probably expensive.

I'd return the RAM and simply get two additional 1GB memory modules to add to the 2GB already installed. OR, upgrade the whole system since that setup is a 17 year old platform and is really not much worth upgrading or using with any modern software anyhow. Sorry, but it's really time for that old system to get retired. I'm actually quite surprised the motherboard and CPU have not already failed by now. 17 years is a long run for anything related to a PC.
 
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