jlee022 Posted June 4, 2005 Share Posted June 4, 2005 I bought two sticks of ValueSelect SODIMM 512MB DDR400 PC3200. I am trying to upgrade my Dell Inspiron 5100. It has a 1GB limit for memory, so I thought that it would run 2x512MB just fine. I'm having problems though. Here's what happens in the following scenarios: 1 new stick, 1 old stick: detects a memory change during loading, computer runs fine and detects ram as 768 (old+new) 2 new sticks: Turn computer on and I get a blank screen with no loading activity. 2 old sticks: runs like it normally did I tried both sticks individually and they work when they are run with an old stick at the same time. I tried switching slots and it doesn't help. I'm not sure if the ram is TOO fast for my laptop that it won't work. Any help would be appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employee RAM GUY Posted June 8, 2005 Corsair Employee Share Posted June 8, 2005 Unfortunately your Dell Inspiron 5100 notebook series can only support PC2100 and not PC3200, please use 2 sticks of our VS512SDS266, this should work without any problem and should be fully compatible with your DELL inspiron 5100 series system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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