FAILED: 12GB RAM upgrade on G71G-Q1-Where have I gone wrong?

[mastersson]

After installing these 12GB RAMs: http://www.ebay.com/itm/2x-4GB-8GB-Notebook-RAM-DDR2-800-Mhz-SO-Dimm-PC2-6400S-200-pin-Speicher-Lapt... into my G71G-Q1 (Bios # 1102) the screen remains blank. Any ideas where I have gone wrong (e.g. BIOS)? Thanks.

[Zygomorphic]

Yes, the G71 is a Core 2 Duo based system, which cannot handle more than 8 GB of RAM. Remove one stick and see if it boots then. Make sure you are supposed to use DDR2.

[mastersson]

I did. Still blank screen.

BTW, I read online from folks saying they have got 12Gig of RAM to work in this particular model which was the reason why I purchased them.

[Zygomorphic]

mastersson wrote:
I did. Still blank screen.

BTW, I read online from folks saying they have got 12Gig of RAM to work in this particular model which was the reason why I purchased them.

Possibly bad RAM modules? Especially since you bought them off Ebay, you don't know how good they are. Try buying a new set off of newegg or a place like that.

[mastersson]

Zygomorphic wrote:
Possibly bad RAM modules? Especially since you bought them off Ebay, you don't know how good they are. Try buying a new set off of newegg or a place like that.

Could be. I've already contacted the seller about this problem.

[Zygomorphic]

mastersson wrote:
Could be. I've already contacted the seller about this problem.

Definitely let me know what happens. Will you please run CPU-Z and show the RAM page on here, so that we can see what RAM your system had (when it worked).

[mastersson]

Here you go: http://valid.canardpc.com/2722005

[mastersson]

Zygomorphic wrote:
Definitely let me know what happens. Will you please run CPU-Z and show the RAM page on here, so that we can see what RAM your system had (when it worked).

Did you take a look at my CPU-Z page? Thanks.

[warmunkey]

mastersson i would like to see a link to those article's or posts as to where you have seen them upgrade the g72gx to 12gb of ram i have the same laptop and am looking to upgrade the memory too. i am also curious if you can bump it to 1600mhz or stay at 800mhz? thannks in advance.

[mastersson]

warmunkey wrote:
mastersson i would like to see a link to those article's or posts as to where you have seen them upgrade the g72gx to 12gb of ram i have the same laptop and am looking to upgrade the memory too. i am also curious if you can bump it to 1600mhz or stay at 800mhz? thannks in advance.

Actually I seen (articles) for the G71G series (Q1). I would guess this info is also relevant to the G72GX