Upgrading memory in hp dv6-1355dx

Hi,
I am having a ton of problems with my hp dv6-1355dx. at one point it was running very very very slowly and would barely pull up the programs installed on it. I didn't have any indication that there was a virus because I have virus protection installed on it and I run scans every week. After some research I managed to clean it up and it started to run faster but I was told that since I had had the laptop since 2009 that I should upgrad some parts. So, I researched more about this and came up to the conclusion that I would upgrad the RAM to 8GB from the 4GB that is installed on it. I also decided that I would upgrade the hard drive from 500GB to 1TB simple because I have 100GB left and I love downloading new games from origin. I brought the parts an Patriot 8GB kit (2 x 4GB) ddr3 pc3-10600 (1333MHz) SODIMM kit for the RAM. And an WD 1TB hard drive. I also purchased a cloning kit to change over all the data from the laptop to the wd 1TB hard drive. it took 4hrs and once finished I installed it into the laptop and NOTHING HAPPEN. The screen never came on! So I took out the new hard drive and replaced it with the old one and everyhting started as normal. So I tried about 8-10 more times with the hard drive (cloning and formating) and still nothing happen and not to add during the last 3 trys of the cloning process it kept throwing error messages, I just gave up with the hard drive and moved to the ram. I installed the ram just as HP states in the user guide and once again NOTHING HAPPENS THE SCREEN NEVER CAME ON!!!! So like before I took out the ram and tried again with the old ram and everything worked fine. So I decided to look up the spare parts for this model and I discovered that HP does use that part anymore and the new part brings up a completely different ram the, ddr3 12800-1600MHz still 8gb and all. So I returned the ram and brought the new one, installed it and...... NOTHING HAPPENS AGAIN the screen still did not come on. Now I replaced the old ram for the hundredth time and just as before the laptop comes on. 
So my questions is, Is the dv6-1355dx laptop able to be upgraded or did I just purchase the wrong items? Does it matter which brand I buy for the ram and hard drive or should I try to stick to what is in the system?. Should I take it to the professionals or is this something I can fix? What ram and hard drive is best for this laptop? 
I really love this laptop and I really dont want to buy another laptop because the parts were not that expensive so I am trying everything to keep this laptop up and running. I am open for ideas and tips on how to improve and fix these problems. 
Thanks kindly for reading this I tried to be as detailed as possible but if I left anyhting out please let me know and I will update it as soon as possible. 
Thanks again for helping me out. 

I really really need some help with this can someone please help....

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