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My Lenovo Laptop won't read/install my newly installed RAM

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What I have is a Lenovo Flex 2 (14 inch) Laptop with a core i5-4210U CPU, 4GB of RAM, and 64-bit windows 8 but I wanted to add more RAM in it so I took one of my old ASUS laptops and took 4GB to add to my current Lenovo laptop but it won't read/install it. Why?

 
 
 
 
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i5 4210U only supports DDR3L 1333/1600 and LPDDR3 1333/1600 sticks. 
If your stick is 1033mhz or 1866mhz it's not going to work.

Also might be having a hard time trying to dual-channel the 2 mismatched sticks. 

My rig:

CPU: Ryzen 5 3600 3.6Ghz, OC'ed to 4.2Ghz all core @ 1.25v + Corsair H60 120mm AIO

MB: Gigabyte B450 I Aorus Pro WiFi

RAM: Kingston Fury Beast RGB 32GB (2x16GB) 3600mhz CL16 (1-to-1 Infinity Fabric enabled)

GPU: Gigabyte RTX 2080 Super

*bought for $200 CAD off a friend who needed an RTX 3080, price was my reward.

CASE: InWinn A1 Plus in White with included 600w gold sfx PSU and included custom length cables

DISPLAY: 3x 20" AOC 1080p 60hz 4ms ,  32" RCA 1080p/60hz TV mounted above, all on a single arm.

 

Storage: C : 1TB WD Blue NVMe      D : 2TB Barracuda      E: 240GB Kingston V300 (scratch drive)

NAS: 240GB Kingston A400 + 6x 10+ year old 700GB Barracuda drives in my old FX8350+8GB DDR3 system

 

Logitech G15 1st Gen + Logitech G602 Wireless

Steam Controller +  Elite Series 2 controller + Logitech G29 Racing Wheel + Wingman Extreme Digital 3D Flight Stick

Sennheiser HD 4.40 Headphones + Pixel Buds 2 + Logitech Z213 2.1 Speakers

 

My Girlfriends Weeb-Ass Rig:

Razer Blade Pro 17 2020

10th Gen i7 10875H 8c/16t @5.1ghz 

17.3" 1080p 300Hz 100% sRGB, factory calibrated, 6mm bezel

RTX 2070 Max-Q 8GB

512GB generic NVMe

16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 3200Mhz

Wireless-AX201 (802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax), Bluetooth® 5.1, 2.5Gbit Ethernet

70.5 Whr Battery

Razer Huntsman Quartz, Razer Balistic Quartz, Razer Kraken Quartz Kitty Heaphones

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Thank you for taking the time for answering my problem, I'm just an ICT student and most of my tech knowledge actually came from Linus so I really appreciate this response I will come back on this thread once I have an update. 

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I was able to find a 4GB DDR3L 1333 RAM but now the problem is the laptop won't turn on.

To be more specific I do here the fan turn on and it does heat up (Indicating it does take power) but there is no display or any kind of response. I have tried to do a hard reboot and removed the battery but it still does not work.

 

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19 hours ago, Antrepeyous said:

I was able to find a 4GB DDR3L 1333 RAM but now the problem is the laptop won't turn on.

To be more specific I do here the fan turn on and it does heat up (Indicating it does take power) but there is no display or any kind of response. I have tried to do a hard reboot and removed the battery but it still does not work.

 

Edit: NVM the RAM that I found was a DDR3 , apperantly there is a difference.

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