HP desktop model: HPE-501F, Windows 10 home 21H2 build.
CPU:AMD Phenom II X4 955
Motherboard: FOXCONN 2A92 with AMD RS880 + SB750/SB710 chipset
current RAM: 2x2GB Samsung M378B5773CH0-CH9 DDR3-1333 at 1.5v
thinking to upgrade the RAM. bought 2x4GB Kingston DDR3-1600, and put them in the empty slots, not working, machine won't boot at all, not even to BIOS.
put these 2x4GB Kingston DDR3-1600 to my other whitebox desktop with Asus motherboard, works fine. then use the working 2x2GB Kingston DDR3-1333 pulled from the whitebox desktop to the HP. it
boots into windows, but not stable, whenever starting application, like web browser, windows will go into bluescreen crash. run the windows memory test for couple times, no problem. (haven't use memtest86, since I don't think there is memory hardware issue). pull out the 2x2GB Kingston sticks, windows is back to normal stableness.
I know ideally it would be better to get the same Samsung sticks with higher capacity, but it would drive up the cost of upgrade and hard to find.
The only different between the Samsung 2GB and Kingston 2G sticks are Samsung has chips on one side only, and Kingston has chips on both sides. Having lost track of PC technology for a while, any suggestion to find the compatible upgrade ram?
CPU:AMD Phenom II X4 955
Motherboard: FOXCONN 2A92 with AMD RS880 + SB750/SB710 chipset
current RAM: 2x2GB Samsung M378B5773CH0-CH9 DDR3-1333 at 1.5v
thinking to upgrade the RAM. bought 2x4GB Kingston DDR3-1600, and put them in the empty slots, not working, machine won't boot at all, not even to BIOS.
put these 2x4GB Kingston DDR3-1600 to my other whitebox desktop with Asus motherboard, works fine. then use the working 2x2GB Kingston DDR3-1333 pulled from the whitebox desktop to the HP. it
boots into windows, but not stable, whenever starting application, like web browser, windows will go into bluescreen crash. run the windows memory test for couple times, no problem. (haven't use memtest86, since I don't think there is memory hardware issue). pull out the 2x2GB Kingston sticks, windows is back to normal stableness.
I know ideally it would be better to get the same Samsung sticks with higher capacity, but it would drive up the cost of upgrade and hard to find.
The only different between the Samsung 2GB and Kingston 2G sticks are Samsung has chips on one side only, and Kingston has chips on both sides. Having lost track of PC technology for a while, any suggestion to find the compatible upgrade ram?