Compaq Presario V5120NR Laptop

I wanted to upgrade memory in my laptop. I purchased two PC2700 DDR 1 GB at Best Buy. After installing the laptop was quicker but only run about 10 minutes then blue screen with information came up and closed before able to read any of the info then the laptop would restart. This happened several times so took the memory out and put it back in again and same thing every time. Put the old 256 MB back in and laptop ran fine and still is. Took the 1 GB back to Bestbuy with my laptop and the person at the Geek desk said I purchased the wrong memory. I need to buy PC3200 which they have none nor can the order through their online store. When I pull up the specs for my laptop it calls for the PC2700 so really don't know what to do next. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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You didn't purchase the wrong memory. You purchased memory that was damaged or was incompatible with your motherboard memory controller due to the timing or inability of your motherboard to recognize specific memory chips. All PC3200 DDR can downclock to the PC2700 speed by design so it's one of the two causes I just gave you. There have been at least seven BIOS updates since your model of notebook was introduced so you should definitely go to the HP support website and get the latest BIOS update to address any potential problems with your laptop. Also, take out the laptop battery when installing memory. If you didn't do that, it might have caused the same result you got when you upgraded the memory. Read the instructions on the HP-Compaq support website before you attempt another upgrade so that you are following the correct procedures. In order to test the memory, you should use the diagnostic in the BIOS which will run several tests to determine if your memory is in fact good.

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