MSI A6200-220US RAM Upgrade Issue

Hello, I am a new member trying to upgrade my RAM from 4GB to 8GB on my MSI A6200-220US Core i3-350M but I am having issues. When I put in my two new sticks the laptop boots for a second giving me the options to open the bios (which I can and it shows the RAM as 8GB with a speed of 1067MHz) as usual but when I try to boot windows it loads for a second then gives me a blue screen for another second and then shuts off (I have updated it from Win 7 that it came with to Win 8.1 btw).

The RAM I bought is 2 MICRON MT8KTF51264HZ-1G9E1 4GB PC3-14900 (DDR3L 1866) sticks:
MT8KTF51264HZ-1G9 - Micron Technology, Inc.

I've read online that DDR3 RAM should all be compatible with each other (as long as its 204-PIN SODIMM) and thus it seems like this RAM should work. But further reading mentions updating the RAM settings in the BIOS but I do not seem to have any settings, it simply tells me how much I have installed and at what speed. Does anyone have an idea of a way to fix this? Or is the RAM I bought simply incompatible? Is there a custom BIOS I can use?

I found this thread but I am not sure if this would help or even be compatible with my system:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/msi/439633-msi-a5000-a6000-series-overclocking-guide.html

Thanks.

 

The CPU cannot handle 1866MHz because it can only handle up to 1066MHz.
ARK | Intel® Core

1866 module can cause compatibility/stability issues.

 

Okay that makes some sense, but I always thought that if you used a faster DDR3 module than your PC supports it would simply run it at a slower rate so basically take the 1866MHz stick and run it at 1066MHz?

Does this also mean that a 1600MHz stick would also not work with my PC? As the crucial memory upgrade website says my PC is compatible with that speed:
http://www.crucial.com/store/listparts.aspx?model=A6200-220US

 

Usually, only 1 step-up may work, such as 1333 or 1600MHz.
1866MHz is too much of a jump.

 

Exactly. The board will downclock it sometimes, but pushing it too far and it simply will not be recognized. That's part of why manufacturers release QVLs for memory.

 

There's no benefit using a faster memory on this particular system due to memory controller limitation, so hopefully you were able to resolve this issue satisfactorily.

 

Yes I was able to get the issue fixed by simply buying DDR3L-1600 RAM instead of 1866. I know that it makes no difference since my computer can only run it at the slower speed but I would like to use the 8GB in the future when I upgrade to a new laptop entirely so I was trying to find the fastest possible that my computer could support. Thank you for the help.