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    I installed 4gb of ram and i'm having problems...

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Badmanowl, Jul 8, 2012.

  1. Badmanowl

    Badmanowl Notebook Enthusiast

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    I installed this RAM x2: ByteStor 2GB PC2-5300 DDR2 667MHz SO-DIMM Notebooks: Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories

    into an HP Compaq CQ50-100em. It started perfectly at first no problems at all. Noticed the difference in performance. After about 10 minutes a blue screen came up and it restarted. Started fine but then restarted again and then only started until saying something along the lines of windows failed to boot. I have the option start in safe mode which it fails at, or start normally which when i choose goes to a blue screen that says IRQL not less or equal. I've put back my 1gb stick and it works fine again. Can anyone help me out? Thanks!
     
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    Nick Professor Carnista

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    Probably bad ram. It looks like it has a lifetime warranty though.
     
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    OK thanks. I did install it with the battery in and i think it was in hibernation mode, would this of caused any problems? I was so tired and had been away a few days when i did it i completely forgot it wasn't switched off. Cheers!
     
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    Ok i will do. Which version shall i download? Cheers!
     
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