help please

darkkarnie · 04-06-2009, 04:18 PM

ok i have a dell dimension 4600 xp sp3 and micron pc2700 333mhz 1g 2x512 and my moms pc is a dell optiplex gx270 128mb pc2700 333mhz . i went to ebay and bought 2gb 4 x hp 512 ddr 333 was going to run dual channel in my dell and give her my 1g microns. upon inspection the hp sticks look about 1/8 inch shorter in height but the hp sticks all fit in the slots of both pcs but niether will boot i tried each stick individually in both pcs with all the hp sticks then i swapped the microns and they both boot but with hp sticks neither will boot even to the dell splash screen i get the system beeps in both long slow 3-4 beeps. is the memory bad or is it because there hp brand or what please help.. thanks all

**wrench97** · 04-06-2009, 04:48 PM

They're probably the wrong micro code on the stick, or wrong density, best bet for a Dell is Micron or Crucial spec'd for the Dell > http://www.crucial.com/store/listpar...mension%204600

darkkarnie · 04-06-2009, 05:40 PM

ok thanks,

04-06-2009, 04:18 PM	#1 (permalink)
darkkarnie Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 2 OS: xp sp3	help please ok i have a dell dimension 4600 xp sp3 and micron pc2700 333mhz 1g 2x512 and my moms pc is a dell optiplex gx270 128mb pc2700 333mhz . i went to ebay and bought 2gb 4 x hp 512 ddr 333 was going to run dual channel in my dell and give her my 1g microns. upon inspection the hp sticks look about 1/8 inch shorter in height but the hp sticks all fit in the slots of both pcs but niether will boot i tried each stick individually in both pcs with all the hp sticks then i swapped the microns and they both boot but with hp sticks neither will boot even to the dell splash screen i get the system beeps in both long slow 3-4 beeps. is the memory bad or is it because there hp brand or what please help.. thanks all

04-06-2009, 04:48 PM	#2 (permalink)
wrench97 Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2008 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania Posts: 18,539 OS: Win7	Re: help please They're probably the wrong micro code on the stick, or wrong density, best bet for a Dell is Micron or Crucial spec'd for the Dell > http://www.crucial.com/store/listpar...mension%204600 __________________ Power Supply and Selection

04-06-2009, 05:40 PM	#3 (permalink)
darkkarnie Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 2 OS: xp sp3	Re: help please ok thanks,