Laptop Ram

So, I ordered some new RAM for my laptop last week. I need it because I only have 512 in my laptop now. I only really use my laptop at work (yes, I have to use my own computer and have been doing so for the past 3 years when I would work on and off for two different companies (same boss). Each summer I’d use it every day all day long, and quite often the rest of the year, so it has some wear and tear on it. I rarely use it for personal use anymore. The programs I use at work, Outlook, Photoshop, our Live Support chat, are memory hogs. This makes it hard to do things quickly. I figured I’d update the RAM and hopefully that would ease things a bit. Well, I got the memory yesterday, installed it and computer wouldn’t boot, not even to BIOS. I’d turn it on and the screen would be black. I replaced the original memory and it booted. I don’t know what the problem was. I tried every combination I could think of to get it to work, it just simply wouldn’t with the new RAM (yes, I had the right kind and my system could support the size and speed). I decided, in the end after tech support calls, just to return it and get a refund. I’ll just keep using the laptop as is and when I think about it now, it’s not exactly fair to upgrade my computer, out of my own pocket, just to use it at work. Truth be told, I should have a new laptop bought for me, not for the company, but for me, since I spent countless hours using my current one for work. I know that won’t happen, but oh well. I’m not going to try and upgrade the laptop anymore. I’ll just wait 6 months or so, whenever I am sure of my financial situation, and buy a new one. It won’t be used for work.