topic VAIO MEMORY UPGRADE HELP in PCs & Accessories https://community.sony.it/t5/pcs-accessories/vaio-memory-upgrade-help/m-p/81096#M55495 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I AM TRYING TO UPGRADE THE MEMORY ON A VAIO A215Z NOTEBOOK FROM A 256MB TO A 512MB<BR />EVERYTIME I REPLACE THE MEMORY WITH A 512MB THE LAPTOP RUNS FINE AFTER 5 MINUTES EVERYTHING SWITCHES OFF FOR A SECOND THE COMPUTER THEN SWITCHES BACK ON WITH ONLY A BLACK SCREEN (NO DISPLAY)<BR />IF I REPLACE THE THE MEMORY WITH THE ORIGINAL THE LAPTOP RUNS FINE<BR /><BR />THE REPLACEMENT MODULE IS THE CORRECT ONE (PC2700S DDR 333MHZ) <img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sony.it/html/@13A2E6A3774A8B47B4EC6F04089539E1/images/smilies/063.png" alt=":thinking:" title=":thinking:" /> <BR /><BR />CAN ANY ONE PLEASE HELP!<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:35:30 GMT kkk321 2009-03-25T16:35:30Z VAIO MEMORY UPGRADE HELP https://community.sony.it/t5/pcs-accessories/vaio-memory-upgrade-help/m-p/81096#M55495 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I AM TRYING TO UPGRADE THE MEMORY ON A VAIO A215Z NOTEBOOK FROM A 256MB TO A 512MB<BR />EVERYTIME I REPLACE THE MEMORY WITH A 512MB THE LAPTOP RUNS FINE AFTER 5 MINUTES EVERYTHING SWITCHES OFF FOR A SECOND THE COMPUTER THEN SWITCHES BACK ON WITH ONLY A BLACK SCREEN (NO DISPLAY)<BR />IF I REPLACE THE THE MEMORY WITH THE ORIGINAL THE LAPTOP RUNS FINE<BR /><BR />THE REPLACEMENT MODULE IS THE CORRECT ONE (PC2700S DDR 333MHZ) <img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sony.it/html/@13A2E6A3774A8B47B4EC6F04089539E1/images/smilies/063.png" alt=":thinking:" title=":thinking:" /> <BR /><BR />CAN ANY ONE PLEASE HELP!<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:35:30 GMT https://community.sony.it/t5/pcs-accessories/vaio-memory-upgrade-help/m-p/81096#M55495 kkk321 2009-03-25T16:35:30Z Re: VAIO MEMORY UPGRADE HELP https://community.sony.it/t5/pcs-accessories/vaio-memory-upgrade-help/m-p/81097#M55496 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>hi k8myx <BR />as a technician i come across alot of people doing this <BR />make sure your original chip has the same speed and number <BR />e.g you say your replacement is ddr 333mhz <BR />make sure your original one is also ddr333mhz <BR />making sure your new one is 200 pin most vaios use samsung memory chips<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:50:12 GMT https://community.sony.it/t5/pcs-accessories/vaio-memory-upgrade-help/m-p/81097#M55496 littlebucko 2009-03-25T16:50:12Z