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General Forums => Hardware and Software => Topic started by: 1K3 on October 21, 2006, 09:24:40 PM

Title: Laptop memory help
Post by: 1K3 on October 21, 2006, 09:24:40 PM

Im thinking about upgrading my laptop's memory.
My laptop memory slot specification is...

* SODIMM 200-pin
* 2.5 volts
* DDR 1 (Double-Data-Rate Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory)
* My laptop can handle 1 gig RAM maximum (2 slots of 512mb RAM).  What I currently have inside are 2 slots of 256mb RAM, DDR1, PC2700 333Mhz


Is the following 200-pin / 2.5v / SODIMM memory upgrade compatible for my laptop?

* PC3200
* DDR1
* 400Mhz

Title: Laptop memory help
Post by: MrRiplEy[H] on October 22, 2006, 08:51:53 AM

Normally memory is downward compatible but just to be safe, ask a vendor about it before buying. Laptops can be tricky with hardware sometimes.

Title: Laptop memory help
Post by: Skuzzy on October 22, 2006, 09:22:02 AM

Ripley is quite right.  Typically all the hardware in a laptop is proprietary.  Best bet is to get it from the manufacturer.  Even if the pin count is the same, you cannot be assured it will work.

Title: Laptop memory help
Post by: Kev367th on October 23, 2006, 05:12:56 PM

Or

http://www.crucial.com

Lifetime guarentee and guarenteed to be compatible, just follow the Memory Advisor Tool through.