Upgrade memory on Satellite A300D-15B
Hi all
I'm going to upgrade the ram on my laptop 4 GB to 8 GB. First of all, I will post all the details of my laptop then explain the problem.
(Original configuration)
Satellite A300D-15B
Model: PSAKCE
BIOS ver: 3.30
AMD Turion X 2 Ultra Dual-Core Mobile Processor ZM - 86 (ZM - 80 upgrade)
Genuine Windows® Vista® Home Premium 32-bit
4096 MB (2048 + 2048) PC2-6400 DDR RAM (800 MHZ)
Then to the right, I installed Windows 7 32 bit top centuries ago and implemented at the processor level and have never had problems as I work with computers.
I did some checking and found out that my motherboard supports up to 8 GB of ram and decided to purchase two 4 GB RAM modules. I made sure that I had good ram to my laptop.
I upgraded the ram and it recognized without any problems and has even stated that 8 GB of ram was installed under 'System' in contol panel and in the bios. As it was a 32 bit OS it has only 3 GB of ram. So I decided to upgrade my OS to Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit and that's when the fun begins.
Basically, my laptop does not start if I have more than 4 GB of RAM installed (in all configurations) and get a BSOD. I had a few different Stop error codes, but I can't seem to find a solution. Also, there is no all/many options to change in bios, so Im puzzled.
I tested the modules of ram with Memtest several times without error and tried in different laptops without problem. I know that my computer laptop suppors the 8 GB that I had no problem running the 32 bit OS.
All my drivers and other software are up-to-date and work very well and have installed all the updates of windows to date.
If anyone else has had this problem and is at - it a patch/fix available?
Any help, ideas or suggestions are welcome and I hope I can fix this problem. Thanks in advance.
Melchius
Hello
You are right. Your motherboard can be upgraded with RAM and max RAM for your laptop model is of 8 GB.
This info you can find in the specifications of the laptop.
Problem is that, for the upgrade, you must use 100% compatible modules. I'm pretty sure there must be a compatibility problem.
Can you please tell us what modules you use (brand and specification).
For example: module 4GB compatible for this model of laptop has part number PA3670U-1M4G.
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