Re: Laptop Won't Boot After Memory Upgrade

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Try going into BIOS on boot up. Check your manual for instructions how
(probably the Delete key). See if the HDD and/or the memory is detected
there. If so, save and exit.
Make sure you have nothing else plugged in when booting up; i.e., no
printer, no external keyboard or mouse, no external drives or USB pen
drives.

SC Tom

"buzzy" <buzzy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:A4CA6A30-87AB-4B49-9D5D-76348892AC71@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I have a HP Pavilion ze4904us Laptop with only 256 mb RAM that runs on
Windows XP Home with SP3. Recently when my printer stopped working, I
found
that new printers were not compatable unless I upgraded my RAM memory. I
performed the scan at Crucial and another 256 mb (PC2700 DDR) module was
one
of the recommendations. I reconfirmed with the HP website that I had 2
ports(
one had an existing 256 mb HP Module and the other was empty). So I
ordered
the recommended 256 mb Memory Module. I watched the installation video and
the steps in my HP user's manual. After following the steps for removing
the
battery, discharging any extra power, and making sure to ground myself, I
installed the memory module in the empty slot. Reinstalled the battery,
and
tried to start the computer. The power light comes on, and the harddrive
light comes on once and then goes out. There is no attempt to boot up and
the
screen stays black. I removed the new memory module and tried again. No
luck.
I removed the old memory module and tried the new one in it's place. No
luck.
I removed the harddrive and reinstalled. Nothing. By the way this is a new
Seagate 80 GB harddrive as of Jan. 09. By pushing the F2 key at start up I
did get a screen that gave me some options such as booting from LAN or
Setup,
but I didn't want to do something that may make it worse. I also tried my
recovery disk but it didn't boot up. I need suggestions as to where to go
from here. Or is my laptop Toast.



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