Hello all!

I'd like to get some help in my almost desperate case. I have an HP
Compaq nx9010 laptop computer, with 256 MB RAM. I wanted to upgrade it,
so I asked HP for which kind of component to buy.
They told me that this laptop needed some 200 pin, PC2100 module (128,
256 or 512 MB).

Well, I bought a 512 MB, PC2100 (266 MHz), 200 pin module, put it into
my laptop and it didn't get to boot (actually it stopped *before* POST).
I made some tests with one module only (the new 512 MB one) and in
every slot I put it in, no way: laptop didn't boot.
Then I made the same test with the "original" 256 MB module and the
laptop worked. As I looked a bit nearer, I saw that the originally
shipped module (working) was *not* a PC2100, but instead is a PC2700
333MHz CL2.5... well, I thought to substitute the PC2100 with a PC2700
512 MB module... I did this, but STILL the laptop didn't boot.

HP is telling me that's impossible that a PC2700 module is working, and
instead suggested that the PC2100 module was damaged. The
configurations suggested by HP also talk about 256 + 512 MB, so this is
not the problem.

What could *really* the problem be?

Any help would be appreciated.

Many thanks in advance!

Here's HP's options page:
http://h30143.www3.hp.com/configure2.cfm?sid=16374#m_25

Note that it's 333MHz memory!

Crucial.com specifies only 333
http://tinyurl.com/ylycrm

Yet Kingston.com specifies either 266 or 333:
http://tinyurl.com/qktjs

Hmmm.

It's possible that your 266MHZ module is functional, but just not quite up
to par for the HP machine. Are all the other specs comparable? (such as CAS
latency - 2.5 or 3?)

Val
"OxygeN" <bonnyfused (at) tiscali (punto) it> wrote in message
news:20070110201347.7fe8697c@utopia...
> Hello all!
>
> I'd like to get some help in my almost desperate case. I have an HP
> Compaq nx9010 laptop computer, with 256 MB RAM. I wanted to upgrade it,
> so I asked HP for which kind of component to buy.
> They told me that this laptop needed some 200 pin, PC2100 module (128,
> 256 or 512 MB).
>
> Well, I bought a 512 MB, PC2100 (266 MHz), 200 pin module, put it into
> my laptop and it didn't get to boot (actually it stopped *before* POST).
> I made some tests with one module only (the new 512 MB one) and in
> every slot I put it in, no way: laptop didn't boot.
> Then I made the same test with the "original" 256 MB module and the
> laptop worked. As I looked a bit nearer, I saw that the originally
> shipped module (working) was *not* a PC2100, but instead is a PC2700
> 333MHz CL2.5... well, I thought to substitute the PC2100 with a PC2700
> 512 MB module... I did this, but STILL the laptop didn't boot.
>
> HP is telling me that's impossible that a PC2700 module is working, and
> instead suggested that the PC2100 module was damaged. The
> configurations suggested by HP also talk about 256 + 512 MB, so this is
> not the problem.
>
> What could *really* the problem be?
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Many thanks in advance!

In data Wed, 10 Jan 2007 15:39:36 -0700
"Val" <vmanes@NOSPAMrap.midco.net> scriveva:

> Here's HP's options page:
> http://h30143.www3.hp.com/configure2.cfm?sid=16374#m_25
>
> Note that it's 333MHz memory!

Seen that, and here's what I bought (at first, PC2100):

http://www.stegcomputer.ch/details.asp?prodid=1294ddr

OK, this might have been *not OK* because of CL=2...

> Crucial.com specifies only 333
> http://tinyurl.com/ylycrm
>
> Yet Kingston.com specifies either 266 or 333:
> http://tinyurl.com/qktjs

.... but my PC2100 module *was* a 266 MHz!
And the new one I put into it, is a 333 MHz one (I gotta re-check it
though, as it is IN another one of my laptops)

> Hmmm.
>
> It's possible that your 266MHZ module is functional, but just not quite up
> to par for the HP machine. Are all the other specs comparable? (such as CAS
> latency - 2.5 or 3?)

Well, I'm waiting to get my hands on another module, this one:

http://www.stegcomputer.ch/details.a...id=apa-SD3-512

Could this one be working then?

Well, based only on the specs provided, it ought to. But I'd check that
they guarantee compatibility with your model, or money back....


Val

"OxygeN" <bonnyfused (at) tiscali (punto) it> wrote in message
news:20070111202021.7827f9cd@utopia...
>
> Well, I'm waiting to get my hands on another module, this one:
>
> http://www.stegcomputer.ch/details.a...id=apa-SD3-512
>
> Could this one be working then?

Val ha scritto:
> Well, based only on the specs provided, it ought to. But I'd check that
> they guarantee compatibility with your model, or money back....

Just one last thought: does the chip count impact on compatibility? I
mean: the module actually working has memory chips only on *one side*,
the one I tried (PC2700 from my other laptop) has them on both sides...

Did u ever get it to work?

Hi..
I am trying to upgrade the memory from 512 to 1G. However, when I put in a 1G memory stick (or two 512m memory sticks), the computer will not boot. I put the old memory back in (which is currently 2 256m memory sticks), and flashed the BIOS thinking I needed to change a setting for the memory in there, but still nothing. I found that this PC does support 1G of memory yet I cannot get the PC to work with this much memory.
Any thoughts?

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