dalegtr18 Posted October 30, 2003 Posted October 30, 2003 Well, I've seen this mentioned before on other boards but never thought it would happen to me! I just added a couple of 256 MB Ram chips to my HP Vectra VL6 PII D5737A. It had 3 64 MB chips in it before but I added two 256 MB ram chips and now it takes FOREVER to do things! It recognizes the 588 MB of memory on the POST but in the setup, it lists two of the banks as empty! Boot up takes a long while and running programs takes a while too. I never really paid much attention when I've seen posts on this problem before. Any ideas?Oh, also, the memory I used was for HP Vectra VL400 models (mine is a VL6) so maybe that is the problem. Quote
Guest LilBambi Posted October 30, 2003 Posted October 30, 2003 I would definitely suggest you check out this Crucial.com Vectra computers page and selecting each specific model and comparing the RAM required. Quote
dalegtr18 Posted October 30, 2003 Author Posted October 30, 2003 Thanks! Will do. I should mention (now that I have more time) that I was curious to see if my pc would even take 256 MB chips so I tried a couple that were for the vl400 model. Much to my surprise, it took it and maybe not so much to my surprise, the pc acted sluggishly after that. I recalled reading articles about too much ram slowing a pc down but couldn't recall any details. I should also check the HP site to see if I can find the answer to how much RAM this thing can hold. Quote
Gus K Posted October 30, 2003 Posted October 30, 2003 Although Crucial is not the overclockers/performance folks first choice, if they list memory for your specific model they will stand behind it 100%. Saves a lot of aggravation. Quote
Guest ThunderRiver Posted October 30, 2003 Posted October 30, 2003 It is highly possible you need a BIOS update.Also, check out your user manual for definite amount per slot that it actually supports. Quote
dalegtr18 Posted November 3, 2003 Author Posted November 3, 2003 I think I may have the lastest BIOS update, tho I will check to see if anything came out in the past couple of months. Oddy, the BIOS thinks I have two 7919 MB drives, when in fact one is 12.6 GB's! Nonetheless, Windows sees them correctly and I have no problems. HP says the Vectra VL6/Series 7 pc that I have will only take three 128 MB chips so that is the route I will take. Thanks for the replies!Dale Quote
Guest LilBambi Posted November 3, 2003 Posted November 3, 2003 Glad you got your answer on the memory. Always better to know what limitations and/or requirements there are. Quote
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