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MERGED QUESTION Question from ChaosWater : "Sony Vaio PCG-61511M VCPEE2S1E RAM Issue" I recently purchased a 2nd hand Sony Vaio laptop and have been having an issue where it's displaying a black screen upon startup. I know that it's definitely a memory related issue as the original owner put...

Is it possible that it doesn't recognise the RAM? I've checked the manufacturers specifications and it states that the chipset and processor only work with PC3-8500S 1033Mhz and I'm using PC3-10600S 1333Mhz.

Yes it's on mains electricity as it doesn't have a battery. I have tried removing RAM and using both sticks at once in both different slots. Brightness isn't turned all the way down, I've tried connecting a HDMI cable to the TV and it doesn't display anything. Tried hitting all the keys and...

I recently picked up a Sony Vaio laptop from a carboot sale for £20 which I thought was a good deal. On closer inspection I noticed that there wasn't any RAM or HDD, but luckily I had 2X2GB DDR3 1333Mhz RAM and a 160GB HDD laying around. I installed the RAM and HDD into the laptop and turned it...

I recently purchased an EVGA GTX 1050Ti GPU and was wondering if it's more powerful and would perform better than my old ASUS STRIX GTX 780? The 1050Ti has 4GB of onboard GDDR5 RAM whereas the GTX 780 has 6GB. Here's my current specs CPU - Intel Core i3 4170 3.7GHz (Upgrading to i7 4790 soon)...