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installing more ram help

‎09-14-2009 03:26 PM

I have a HP pavillion media center PC   m8020n.  From looking at my product specs I purchased some more ram= KVR800D2K2/1GR is the modle # on the ram I purchased.    I did purchase this ram from ebay and after giving mother board model said it was compatiable.  I tried installing this myself.  Computer would not boot.  Recieved 1 short beep 1 long beep.  Put the factory back in the original slots and it came back up fine.  Am I missing something like compatibility or something.
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‎09-14-2009 06:02 PM

Sounds like incompatible memory. Your original is PC2-4200 and the new memory is PC2-6400:


http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c00878720&lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&product=3377259&lan...


Motherboard specs state support for  PC2 3200 (400 MHz), PC 4200 (533 MHz) and PC2 5300 (667 MHz) DDR2:


http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c00864946&lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&product=3377259&lan...

 

Crucial is my go-to source for compatible memory:


http://www.crucial.com/store/drammemory.aspx?cat=ram


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