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    Compaq Presario V6000 - Supports 4GB RAM?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by ziad123, Aug 13, 2008.

  1. ziad123

    ziad123 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello everyone, i wanna know if my laptop can hold 4 GB ram, here are its specs:

    Compaq Presario V6000
    Intel core duo 1.86 GHz
    1 GB Ram
    160 GB hard disk
     
    ziad123, Aug 13, 2008
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    stewie What the deuce?

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    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    I do not see a reason why not. At the time that laptop was made, 2GB was about the max you could find in stores...thus the specs.

    However, there may be a BIOS limitation which could cause your laptop not to boot with 4GB installed. And there is another chipset limitation that will limit you to about 3.5GB of that 4GB.

    My advice is to try 4GB and see. It will probably work and you'll get 3.5GB-ish.
     
    Greg, Aug 13, 2008
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  4. ziad123

    ziad123 Notebook Enthusiast

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    my model is not up there, my model is T2350
     
    ziad123, Aug 13, 2008
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    D3X the robo know it all

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    Don't see why not, the Mobile 945 NAPA chipset supported 4GB ram.
     
    D3X, Aug 13, 2008
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    D3X the robo know it all

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    On that note, if you are running Vista 32 bit, you will only access 3.5GB as it's operating system limitation. However with x64, you get access all 4GBs.
     
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    ziad123 Notebook Enthusiast

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    cool, so its confirmed ill buy the ram ? :)
     
    ziad123, Aug 13, 2008
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    Please do not get Vista 64 with that core duo. It will not work as 2350 is not 64bit CPU.
     
    powerpack, Aug 13, 2008
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    D3X the robo know it all

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    Oh yeah!! nice catch there powerpack.
     
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    stewie What the deuce?

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    Excellent observation! :cool:

    ziad123, the only thing I'm worried is the BIOS limitation. The latest BIOS for the V6000 is from November 2007, I think you should try that BIOS for installing more than 2 GB of RAM.
     
    stewie, Aug 13, 2008
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    Hi,
    i got a Compaq V6000 laptop, one year back, now i am facing a battery problem that " Plugged in , not charging " , and the battery is not charging beyond 41%, can i have some suggestions? Thank you
     
    prince.rocio, Oct 18, 2008
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    i want to do the same thing to my laptop i have the same one can you let me know if it did work for you so i can buy it for mine thanks.
     
    infinitstudios, Mar 18, 2009
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  13. Tippey764

    Tippey764 Notebook Deity

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    The battery problem is under a special HP service enhancment warrenty for free repair. Call them up let them know your problem and tell them about the service enhancment and they will fix it for free. And yes it will support 4gb's of ram just update to the latest bios.
     
    Tippey764, Mar 18, 2009
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    Hello all I have a V6000 with and AMD Turion Mk-36 and Nvidia 6150 chipset will my version support 4GB of ram? Im currently having my laptop sent to HP under that limited warrenty thing cause My wireless card dont work and it wont boot up some times.
     
    Mischief, Apr 6, 2009
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