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Upgrading Ram on Hp Pavilion PC
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Name: sp0inK
Date: February 9, 2005 at 09:53:55 Pacific
Subject: Upgrading Ram on Hp Pavilion PCOS: winxpCPU/Ram: 512DDR SDRAM |
Comment: Is it true that HP computers are only able to read their own brand of ram cards?
Will my Hp Pavilion w1088d be able to read a ram card from other brands like Kingston, Crosair etc..?
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Response Number 1
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Name: Tec2go
Date: February 9, 2005 at 10:52:53 Pacific
Subject: Upgrading Ram on Hp Pavilion PC |
Reply: (edit)Of course...nothing proprietary about the ram hp uses. To get the best or ideally suited for your system then you may want to search the hp support site. Also at www.corsair.com, www.crucial.com and other memory mfg. sites.
Frank
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Response Number 2
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Name: angrymen2001
Date: February 9, 2005 at 13:12:17 Pacific
Subject: Upgrading Ram on Hp Pavilion PC |
Reply: (edit)If someone told you that you have to get RAM from HP, I wouldn't go to them for any more advise (just my opinion). We can fix this, but you're gonna need a butter knife, a roll of duct tape, and a car battery
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Response Number 3
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Name: name
Date: February 9, 2005 at 13:20:56 Pacific
Subject: Upgrading Ram on Hp Pavilion PC |
Reply: (edit)I have sad news for both of you I don't know about the particular model here, but I have, and have had, computers, including HP, IBM, Compaq, and others that used special, proprietary RAM PERIOD.
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Response Number 4
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Name: angrymen2001
Date: February 9, 2005 at 13:33:22 Pacific
Subject: Upgrading Ram on Hp Pavilion PC |
Reply: (edit)If this is true (and I still find it hard to believe.....but....) All the more reason not to buy name brand PC's. What a rip off!!!!!
My apologies to sp0inK if I am wrong We can fix this, but you're gonna need a butter knife, a roll of duct tape, and a car battery
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Response Number 5
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Name: thegrapevine5
Date: February 9, 2005 at 13:57:58 Pacific
Subject: Upgrading Ram on Hp Pavilion PC |
Reply: (edit)My Gateway 500S was like that. It had a D845GRG Intel mobo that the bios had evidently been tweaked by Gateway to where either I bought from Gateway or from a very select few (Crucial and Viking were 2 I remember) that had Gateway "compatible" memory. It cost me $85 for (1) 256mg strand of PC2100. I will NEVER buy a system off the shelf again. John H.
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Response Number 6
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Name: dominicus
Date: February 9, 2005 at 22:36:53 Pacific
Subject: Upgrading Ram on Hp Pavilion PC |
Reply: (edit)It may be, but my HP Pavilion (celeron 300) had no problem with third-party PC100/PC133 sticks..
Lots and lots of *other* problems tho :)
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