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4th January 2006, 5:55 PM
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memory not working
Guys I bought 2 sodimm Pc3200 sticks(ebay sold as new although I have my doubts
each 1GB and it doesn't work at start up it only beeps no visual etc. no boot the laptop is rated as a pc2700 although many people are using pc3200 in them according to what I have read in other forums a is the memorysticks dodgy (dead) beeping noise b is it a compatability issue using one original 256mb pc 2700 and a second 1Gb pc3200(what I mean is do I have to have both 1GB pc3200 inserted the notebook is an acer ferrari 3200 |
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4th January 2006, 9:30 PM
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pulled the laptop apart tested it with one pc3200 and with 2 pc3200 1GB stick no go
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4th January 2006, 9:42 PM
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What brand of memory is it? What are the specs?
The Acer 3000 series supports PC3200. It could just be it is not compaitable with your system. Can you test them in another notebook?
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4th January 2006, 10:08 PM
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1GB crucial pc3200 128mx64 cl3
1Gb infineon pc3200 cl3 and I have read people not having any problems on an acer ferrari 3200 a all brands like kingston corsair etc no other test option |
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4th January 2006, 10:21 PM
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hmmm... bad move.. if they were new... and from the same person... you would expect two of the same sticks...
Why on earth would anybody sell 1gig stick secondhand... there is nothing higher to upgrade to.... hmmm... is an A64 system... might explain some of your problems... although unlikely... I find all my A64 desktop systems far pickier with ram... Thank god for Centrino and DDR2 (where Corsair 1gig sticks are sub $136 new) Quote:
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6th January 2006, 9:14 AM
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laptop ram is fussy - i would never just buy any laptop memory and hope that it works...you should have looked into it more
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7th January 2006, 8:26 AM
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Previous this was the case with the sdram based notebooks... but with the advent of ddr and ddr2... there appear to be very very few compatibility problems now... The majority of noteboks are intel / centrino based and they seem accept just about anything thrown at them... |
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