New Ram not working

SCOOP 64

I had 2gb,1gb in each slot in my my laptop Toshiba pro200 windows 7, so i tried to add 4gb ,2gb in each slot,so put in 2 new 2gbin each slot now wont boot, so i took 1 2gb out leaving just 1 2gb and it booted, so it works if i put in just 1 of the new 2gb but not 2, also tried 1 new 2gb and 1 old 1gb to make 3gb, wont boot, any ideas why? thanks

SCOOP 64

It still boots with the old chips, done windows diagnostic test on both new ram , No faults, but both in together , no boot.
on new memory sticks 2GB PC2 2RX8 6400S 666 12 FO DDR2, im running my laptop now on only one of the new sticks.

smuggler.ie

Could it be this

Two DDRII SO-DIMM, up to 4GB with Intel®945PM/GM Express Chipset; up to 2GB with Intel 943GML Express Chipset can be upgraded through the memory expansion slot. You need to remove existing SO-DIMM if SO-DIMM is Maximum upgradable system memory size is depending on the system you purchased.

SCOOP 64

smuggler.ie wrote: »

Could it be this

The info i could find on laptop is intel celeron 520 @160 ghz
ACPI x64-based PC
Mobile Intel(R) 945GM/GU/PM/GMS/940GML/943GML and Intel(R) 945GT Express Processor to DRAM Controller - 27A0

is this the chipset?

smuggler.ie

Get yourself CPU-Z, it'll read whats there
sample:

SCOOP 64

With CPU Z, chipset intel i943/940GML rev 03, so is my laptop only up to 2GB?

smuggler.ie

SCOOP 64 wrote: »

With CPU Z, chipset intel i943/940GML rev 03, so is my laptop only up to 2GB?

Seams like you out of luck. :eek:

SCOOP 64

smuggler.ie wrote: »

Seams like you out of luck. :eek:

Should have asked on here first before buying it, 2Gb only jesus!

smuggler.ie

SCOOP 64 wrote: »

Should have asked on here first before buying it, 2Gb only jesus!

Yeh, would save some hasle/money.
But what do you expect from low end system that is 13 year old...


https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/27977/intel-celeron-m-processor-520-1m-cache-1-60-ghz-533-mhz-fsb.html

https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/27876/intel-82940gml-graphics-and-memory-controller.html

SCOOP 64

13 years old, hardly broken in.

wotzgoingon

My own laptop is 14 years old. I was wondering how you had the same chipset as me. I rarely use my laptop though. Boot it up every now and then for the craic.

SCOOP 64

wotzgoingon wrote: »

My own laptop is 14 years old. I was wondering how you had the same chipset as me. I rarely use my laptop though. Boot it up every now and then for the craic.

I just use for emails/boards, paid €45 for it 2yrs ago, thought abit more memory might speed it up ,have to leave plug in as battery is dead, apart from that still does the job.

wotzgoingon

SSD but you won't get the full speeds due to only being SATA II but still faster than a spinning rust. What OS you running?

Windows 10 for me slowed it down a lot. I am running Linux Mint on mine.

smuggler.ie

Even if you get SSD and if you could get extra 2 GB RAM your processor will remain bottleneck.

SCOOP 64

Running windows 7, Drive Sandisk SSDSSDPO64G.