Installing hp Pavillion zv5000 RAM

[frenchie29]

My sister gave me her "old" computer hp Pavillion zv5000 It's in great shape but very slow. I unbloated it but still too slow to keep, so I decided to go and buy a 1Gb RAM. After I installed it, all I get is the XP screen then a glimpse of the infamous blue screen but too fast to read the error. I know it's related to the new RAM but what could it be? The RAM sits properly in the slot and I can hear the click.

Here's what it says on the original RAM
32MX64 SDRAM
256MB DDR 333 CL2.5

New RAM

DDR 333 2.5 1GX16 SO DIMM


Top pict is the original Bottom the one I just bought.

UPDATE I can't even use the original RAM in it's original location!!!

I tried pretty much under the sun in fact of moving around the RAMS and the locations

the zv5000 has one slot underneath the laptop where the CD rom, HD etc are locateds and one more slor which is right underneath the keyboard.

Here's what I tried so far.

Just to make is simpler for the slot's locations

A=Under the keyboard slot (hard acess)
B=Under the laptop where all the other stuff is,CD ROM, HD etc..(easy access)


1 put new RAM in B no success
2 put back old RAM in B same thing.
3 Put new RAM in A still the same it crashes right after that blue screen shows up
4 Put new RAM in A and old RAM in B same thing!!!

I think I exhausted all the possibilities!!!

 

[johnb35]

Go to wwwmcrucial.com and enter model number to see what the max memory is or you can go to HP's website and do the same thing. Also its possible that the machine didn't like the new memory and now you need to reset the cmos. The old HP's were very picky on the brands of memory they liked.

 

[frenchie29]

Ah that's too bad!! From that site the zv5000 is not available!!! What could ne the closest model to it?

I did a reset on the CMOS the ram is there according to that picture anyways!!

 

[johnb35]

WHat specific model do you have? I see in the pic that its zv520???? Can you post the specific model from that screen?