Dv6-1253cl 8gb RAm- crash- show 4gb RAM (8 gb installed)

i bought this dv6-1253cl from costco and i tried to upgrade the RAM.i bought 2x4 gb RAM from ebay and installed into my laptop
ddr 2667mhz. the ram work fine on other laptops that i got but when i install the thing into my laptop, first it run perfectly and then crash ramdomly
it boot, the RAM work fine, bios ram test ok, BUT WHEN I RAN THE LAPTOP FOR 30 mins it crash again.
i tried everything including remove and swap place between 2 piece of ram.
the mainboard of my laptop is PM45 and there is nothing wrong with it.

Hi,
Does your upgrade ram match the compatible RAM that HP and all major memory manufacturers list on their websites?
Are the memory sticks identical or did you mix them with your original RAM? That is usually a no go.
FYI...If your OS is 32-bit then all you will see your OS able to use is @3.25GB ofRAM. That is a 32-bit Microsoft Operating system Architecture issue. It is called PAE.
regards,
erico
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1) 11" air 128GB SSD 4GB
2) 11" air 256GB SSD 8GB
There is a $500 difference. I will be surfing the web, excel documents, music, some photo fun (but not much editing...once a month tops), and would like the option for HD movies BUT this alone is not worth $500 additional in my mind. I have looked a lot of places for weeks now. I have bought the first option to try it out and the only time I lagged was when I was importing all my pictures from Time Capsule to the new air.
I am going insane looking for a good reason to go with either option:
1) less money & can upgrade in 3 years and not feel bad
2) covers my butt 3 years from now & don't have to upgrade...
****When will I need 8GB? When in SAM H*** will I NEED 8GB even if it is a year from now...I just want to know if I should play option two to be safe.****

tisthebigo wrote:
My two choices are:
1) 11" air 128GB SSD 4GB
2) 11" air 256GB SSD 8GB
Your price comparison between these two models is a bit unreasonable. The majority of that $500 is in the form of the upgrade in SSD capacity from 128 to 256 GB of storage. The RAM upgrade from 4 to 8 GB is only $100. As Linc said, it's impossible to know what the future will hold for computing and when 4 GB becomes inadequate but if history is indication it's a lot sooner than you think.
Personally, given the fact that there's numerous ways to increase available storage capacity on a computer (cloud storage, external drives, SD cards, USB thumb drives, etc.), you can easily work around low internal storage space. But the RAM you configure in the machine is the maximum it'll have, ever. Not to mention, RAM is one of those things that you can never have enough of, so why not max it out? Especially if in the future you decide that you want more out of your computer or want to get more than 3 years of daily usability.

Dv6-1253cl 8gb RAm- crash- show 4gb RAM (8 gb installed)

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