G60JX RAM Upgrade issues (4gb to 8gb) - Geniuses needed!

[gcenzi]

Good evening guys,

I just bought a pair of Kingston's Kvr1333d3s9/4gb (8gb together) to upgrade my old G60JX with the stock configuration (Core i5, 4gb Ram, GTS 360M), the only thing I did was an upgrade to Windows 8.1.

After installing them, I checked on the BIOS if it was recognizing the new memory, and indeed it was showing me 8092 DDR3 RAM @ 1067 Mhz. as expected.

Unfortunately, after I booted the G60JX to Windows, it didn't start. Instead, I saw a blue screen of death and it started a reboot loop, and then my troubleshooting started:

1-) First I did a lot of stuff related to Windows 8: System repairs, drivers and BIOS upgrade, etc. (Had to install the old memory for that). As you may predict, it didn't work.

2-)I tried to test one memory at a time. For my surprise, the laptop didn't even boot, it turned on and off really quickly. It happened on both slots.

3-) I was starting to get worried about the memory itself, so I tried the Memory Test with a bootable USB Stick (www.memtest.org).

As I could predict, it worked with the old memories without any problems, however, for my surprise once again, it didn't even finish the tests with the new memories, instead, it rebooted my computer.

I have no idea what the problem is and how should I proceed. If the memories are defective, why the notebook BIOS recognize them? It doesn't make sense for me and I guess I can't even tell the vendor that it's not working.

Can you guys help me 🙂?

 

[Darkbreeze]

Kingston no longer makes RAM that is compatible with a LOT of older systems, which I recently learned after having a long talk with one of the Kingston reps on the side. Many of their modules are high density or single rank designs that are not compatible with the memory controllers on a growing number of older systems as discussed here:

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2312469/alienware-m11x-memory-upgrade-brings-doom-guidance.html

I would probably suggest that you PM the Kingston rep or contact Kingston directly to find out if the module you have is incompatible with your configuration.

 

[Darkbreeze]

Actually, after taking a look at your part number, it seems that is one of the no longer manufactured model numbers that probably IS compatible with some of those older systems. I would still recommend contacting Kingston just to verify compatibility prior to actually spending a lot of time unnecessarily on troubleshooting.

 

[Vitek Smirnov]

Hello gcenzi
Unfortunately you can not increase the memory on your computer is up to 8GB. You cost processor i5-430m. He supports up to 8GB of memory, but only at a frequency of 1066 MHz. Banks memory 4GB 1066 MHz does not exist, there are only 1333 and 1600 MHz. So if you really want to increase the memory up to 8 GB, then you need to change the processor on Core i7-620m/720qm. These processors are free to work with memory 8 GB 1333 MHz. The processor can be bought on ebay. I recommend Core i7-620m, because it is less heated and consume less energy. Here you can see information about your Computer: http://www.asus.com/Notebooks_Ultrabooks/G60Jx/specifications/

DDR3 1066/1333 MHz up to 8GB (Intel® Core™ i7 platform)
DDR3 1066 MHz up to 4GB (Intel® Core™ i5 platform)

Good luck.

 

[Seaone]

Hello Smirnov and other,

I have an old Asus ROG too, but a g60jx-024v with a 520M i5 processor.

http://ark.intel.com/products/47341/Intel-Core-i5-520M-Processor-3M-Cache-2_40-GHz

Could you tell me wich RAM I could buy for this model, it looks like it supports 8Gb.

 

[Darkbreeze]

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