Dell Inspiron 580 RAM upgrade fail

[James_138]

I'm trying to upgrade my Ram for my Dell Inspiron 580 i5 650 @ 3.2 GHz. I bought a PNY DDR3 2x4GB 1600,1333MHz Ram. I put in just one and my computer will start up at the Dell logo with the bar at about 25% and will stop. So I put in the old 3x1GB in the other slots and my PC would load the the windows logo and the say it would run into an error and restart. It would continually do this until I turned it off. So I put in both 2x4GB in both in the slots to communicate and it loaded with the Dell logo and just stop. I tried both slots 1 and 3 nothing,2 and 4 nothing.

 

[cin19]

Try clear the CMOS by removing the battery, then install only one stick new RAM, and boot the PC, if the PC does not boot and you are better to return the RAM. If the PC can boot, add other new RAM, and boot again.

The dell Inspiron 580 can only support up to 1333mhz RAM, if the new RAM is the 1600mhz, they may have the compatibility problem. Sometime the RAM will run in 1333mhz, but the dell PC maybe have problem with that.

 

[James_138]

Try clear the CMOS by removing the battery, then install only one stick new RAM, and boot the PC, if the PC does not boot and you are better to return the RAM. If the PC can boot, add other new RAM, and boot again.

The dell Inspiron 580 can only support up to 1333mhz RAM, if the new RAM is the 1600mhz, they may have the compatibility problem. Sometime the RAM will run in 1333mhz, but the dell PC maybe have problem with that.

Do you believe a RAM stick like this would work?
https://www.amazon.com/Kingston-1333MHz-PC3-10600-Motherboard-KVR13N9S8H/dp/B008CP5QF4/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1478753458&sr=8-2&keywords=ddr3+ram+DIMM+1333mhz+4gb

 

[cin19]

Sorry, it does not work with your dell 580. Actually your Dell PC can only support up to 8gb ( 4 x 2gb), you can't buy the 8gb (2X4gb) kit, here is the dell specifications: https://www.cnet.com/products/dell-inspiron-580-core-i5-650-3-2-ghz-8-gb-1-tb/specs/

For upgrading the old PC memory, recommend to use the memory finder, like:
Kingston http://www.kingston.com/us/memory/desktop-notebook
Crucial http://www.crucial.com/usa/en/memory-info?cm_re=top-nav-_-flyout-memory-_-us-memory

 

[James_138]

Sorry, it does not work with your dell 580. Actually your Dell PC can only support up to 8gb ( 4 x 2gb), you can't buy the 8gb (2X4gb) kit, here is the dell specifications: https://www.cnet.com/products/dell-inspiron-580-core-i5-650-3-2-ghz-8-gb-1-tb/specs/

For upgrading the old PC memory, recommend to use the memory finder, like:
Kingston http://www.kingston.com/us/memory/desktop-notebook
Crucial http://www.crucial.com/usa/en/memory-info?cm_re=top-nav-_-flyout-memory-_-us-memory

So something like this?
https://www.amazon.com/Crucial-DDR3-1600-PC3-12800-CT2KIT25664BA160B-CT2CP25664BA160B/dp/B006YG88YY/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1478836328&sr=8-2&keywords=4gb+ddr3+1600+udimm

 

[cin19]

You should check with the Crucial memory finder. http://www.crucial.com/usa/en/compatible-upgrade-for/Dell/inspiron-580