RAM upgrade

polo · 05-10-2009

Hi

I want to upgrade my RAMs in my laptop. Anyone has some experience if some brands are not compatible with each other? ie if I have a toshiba, do i have to get some specific brand, or any will do?

And what about the specs? any suggestions?

I currently have a 512MB card that I want to replace by a 1GB one (and maybe an additional 1GB in the future) on my tecra A4 (xp)

polo · 05-10-2009

Hardware people? ...

To be more specific, can i chose any speed for the rams? 533MHZ 667MHz 800 ...? would "more" always be actually used by my laptop or will it be capped by some speed of other components?

thx

Mr.juste · 05-10-2009

u should be careful if the board can support the speed of the RAM!i cant judge the board of ur laptop! i dont have much exp in those stuff but search abt it on the int... thats the only thing that matter... everything else will be gr8 if u upgrade ur RAM

polo · 05-10-2009

thank you Mr Just.
I'll put this snapshot, if someone knows how to decode it.

thanks

**Kingroudy** · 05-10-2009

u can get 400mhz ddr ram 1gb (EXPENSIVE I GUESS) since you are gona replace.
i suggest kingstone as a brand.

polo · 05-10-2009

thx. Can you pls tell me what's the limiting factor that made you say 400 mhz?
and just to double check, you do mean ddr2?
as for the cost, a 1gb kingston seems to be around 15-20$ (and they seem to be mostly 533MHz, 667MHz or 800MHz)

**Kingroudy** · 05-12-2009

crap:P i didn't notice the DDR2.
so, you can get 800mhz ddr2.

polo · 05-12-2009

thanks for ur help. i'll go for it and hopefully get some decent boost in performance

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polo Registered Member Last Online: 03-25-2010 Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 77 Thanks: 20 Thanked 23 Times in 18 Posts Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	RAM upgrade Hi I want to upgrade my RAMs in my laptop. Anyone has some experience if some brands are not compatible with each other? ie if I have a toshiba, do i have to get some specific brand, or any will do? And what about the specs? any suggestions? I currently have a 512MB card that I want to replace by a 1GB one (and maybe an additional 1GB in the future) on my tecra A4 (xp)

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Mr.juste Registered Member Last Online: 11-18-2011 Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 966 Thanks: 46 Thanked 405 Times in 379 Posts Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	u should be careful if the board can support the speed of the RAM!i cant judge the board of ur laptop! i dont have much exp in those stuff but search abt it on the int... thats the only thing that matter... everything else will be gr8 if u upgrade ur RAM __________________ التّاريخ لا يرحم, الشّعب لا يرحم و الله لن يرحم أمثالكم ان الاصلاح لا يمكن ان ينجز بصانعي الفساد http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/8...4311797ka8.gifلا عمالة ولا عمولة ولا دم

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Kingroudy Super Moderator Last Online: 02-16-2022 Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 5,580 Thanks: 1,888 Thanked 2,653 Times in 1,593 Posts Groans: 55 Groaned at 35 Times in 32 Posts	u can get 400mhz ddr ram 1gb (EXPENSIVE I GUESS) since you are gona replace. i suggest kingstone as a brand. __________________ click on 'Groan' to switch to my left testicle.

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polo Registered Member Last Online: 03-25-2010 Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 77 Thanks: 20 Thanked 23 Times in 18 Posts Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	thx. Can you pls tell me what's the limiting factor that made you say 400 mhz? and just to double check, you do mean ddr2? as for the cost, a 1gb kingston seems to be around 15-20$ (and they seem to be mostly 533MHz, 667MHz or 800MHz) Last edited by polo; 05-10-2009 at 10:44 PM.

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Kingroudy Super Moderator Last Online: 02-16-2022 Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 5,580 Thanks: 1,888 Thanked 2,653 Times in 1,593 Posts Groans: 55 Groaned at 35 Times in 32 Posts	crap:P i didn't notice the DDR2. so, you can get 800mhz ddr2. __________________ click on 'Groan' to switch to my left testicle.

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