Hello,
I just purchased a Toshiba L675-S7106 (laptop) and F3-8500CL7D-8GBSQ (RAM) at the same time. The laptop works perfectly with its original 4GB of RAM. In case this is relevant, the CPU is an AMD Phenom II Triple-Core P860 2.0GHz.
After I tested all the hardware and updated the bios to version 1.70, I installed the new F3-8500CL7D-8GBSQ, and it will only boot up to the bios (where the 8GB is recognized) but then hangs at a blank screen with a solid cursor after I exit the bios or allow it to go past the bios splash screen.
I tried switching the slots and also tried each stick alone in each slot. The same thing happens each time.
If I use one of the F3-8500CL7D-8GBSQ sticks with one of the original 2GB sticks, the laptop boots normally and recognizes both sticks, for a total of 6GB. I ran a memtest for a few hours and there were no errors.
The laptop uses DDR3 1066 PC3-8500 and the F3-8500CL7D-8GBSQ has the same specs. Why can't I use both of the F3-8500CL7D-8GBSQ sticks?
Thank you.
EDIT #1: Clarification: Added amount of RAM recognized by laptop after installing one new and one old stick together.
EDIT #2: Added CPU model.
EDIT #3: Clarified the parts listed in my first sentence.
I just purchased a Toshiba L675-S7106 (laptop) and F3-8500CL7D-8GBSQ (RAM) at the same time. The laptop works perfectly with its original 4GB of RAM. In case this is relevant, the CPU is an AMD Phenom II Triple-Core P860 2.0GHz.
After I tested all the hardware and updated the bios to version 1.70, I installed the new F3-8500CL7D-8GBSQ, and it will only boot up to the bios (where the 8GB is recognized) but then hangs at a blank screen with a solid cursor after I exit the bios or allow it to go past the bios splash screen.
I tried switching the slots and also tried each stick alone in each slot. The same thing happens each time.
If I use one of the F3-8500CL7D-8GBSQ sticks with one of the original 2GB sticks, the laptop boots normally and recognizes both sticks, for a total of 6GB. I ran a memtest for a few hours and there were no errors.
The laptop uses DDR3 1066 PC3-8500 and the F3-8500CL7D-8GBSQ has the same specs. Why can't I use both of the F3-8500CL7D-8GBSQ sticks?
Thank you.
EDIT #1: Clarification: Added amount of RAM recognized by laptop after installing one new and one old stick together.
EDIT #2: Added CPU model.
EDIT #3: Clarified the parts listed in my first sentence.
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