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Hello all,
I was recently given an old Aspire One ZG5 by a friend that I decided to clean up, upgrade, and give to my sister. After installing a new SSD and wireless card, I tried to upgrade the system to hold 1.5 GB of memory instead of only 1. I bought a 1 GB PC2-5300 stick from Komputer Bay and installed it, but the system refuses to do anything, even turn on the screen. I can hear the fan and see the power light, however, so I know the system has power.
My question is: did I buy the wrong kind of memory, or did I get a DOA memory stick?
The original memory stick was a Samsung 512 MB PC2-5300. I was thinking there could be some kind of issue with memory timing, but I’m not sure how I would address that.
Any advice would be appreciated!
Edit: here is a picture of the new memory stick:
Ist dies eine gute Frage?
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Hi,
Does it still boot OK with the 1GB RAM module removed from the slot? (should be still 512MB of RAM onboard)
If it doesn't then perhaps you've done something else when you opened the laptop to replace the RAM. You may have to go back and check over what you touched.
If it does then it suggests a problem with the RAM module.
von jayeff