Laptop won't turn on with new RAM

[yury jajitzky]

Hi:

remove both modules and test one at time, probably it´s a damaged module and not both. Anyway, go to customer service



> 
> On 1/7/2010 8:05 AM, christopher fletez-brant wrote:
> > I am using a vaio vgn-fs630w, which came stock with
> 2x(256mb 333mhz ddr) for
> > a total of 512mb RAM. I just bought 2x(512mb 333mhz
> ddr) so that I could
> > updrade the machine to 1gb RAM, and then to Windows 7
> (it's for my
> > girlfriend, ok?). The computer doesn't turn on with
> the new RAM in - it
> > powers up, but the BIOS doesn't load, and the boot up
> process doesn't even
> > make it to the vaio/phoenix splash screen.
> >
> > Any thoughts guys?  The BIOS is up to date and I
> have tried swapping out
> > only one memory unit at a time, and then tried
> swapping the memory ports and
> > all the other normal stuff... Someone on the ubuntu
> forums recommended that
> > I change the RAM's command rate to 2T, but I don't
> know how to do this and
> > fear that it means editing settings in the BIOS,
> because this computer's
> > BIOS is as change-resistant as could be imagined
> (there are no options to
> > change anything at all except the boot order and
> system time/date).
> >
> > I don't want to think that I'm stuck with 2 bum units
> that I need to
> > return...
> >
> >
> >
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