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    Alienware m18x ram upgrade bsod

    Discussion in 'Alienware 18 and M18x' started by sparrow_69, Jul 2, 2015.

  1. sparrow_69

    sparrow_69 Notebook Enthusiast

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    A friend of mine has an alienware m18x with i7 26xx cpu, 2+4gb ram, nvidia 560 video. She purchased the following crucial 8gb stick : http://www.crucial.com/ProductDispl...ent_category_rn=&storeId=10151#productDetails

    Plan was to run this 8gb stick with her current 4gb adata AM1U16BC4P3-B19C. Problem is I can't get the crucial stick to run (at all)even if its the only ram in the system. I've tried both slots underneath laptop. Laptop will either shut off before it boots into windows, or will bsod once in win 7. Ram is recognized in bios and in win 7. Both stick are ddr 3 1600mhz, cl 11. However it seems the crucial stick runs at 1.35v vs 1.5 for the adata stick. I would think that since the system will run the higher voltage ram without issue, the lower voltage shouldn't be a problem. According to crucial, these are the correct memory specs for the laptop. Any ideas?
     
    sparrow_69, Jul 2, 2015
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  2. Mr. Fox

    Mr. Fox BGA Filth-Hating Elitist®

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    I'm running 1.35V memory in all of my laptops that normally run 1.5V. As you suspected, that is not a problem. The memory stick is defective. Time for RMA.
     
    Mr. Fox, Jul 2, 2015
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    ht_addict Notebook Evangelist

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    Try resetting the BIOS and loading Default settings to see if that helps. Also , I wouldn't mix Ram
     
    ht_addict, Jul 4, 2015
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