If I wanted to upgrade laptop memory (say, from 1GB to 2), would I need a perfectly matched set of memory? Or would two...what do you call them? Cards? Would two pieces of memory from two different manufacturers work together, as long as the technical specs were correct?
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Dana - Dec 11, 2007 9:12:19 am PST #3791 of 25497
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tommyrot - Dec 11, 2007 9:15:24 am PST #3792 of 25497
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If I wanted to upgrade laptop memory (say, from 1GB to 2), would I need a perfectly matched set of memory?
Depends on the laptop.
Gudanov - Dec 11, 2007 9:15:44 am PST #3793 of 25497
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I have not generally had a problem with mixing and matching different memory of the same specs. Make sure you know what is installed in your computer. If you have two slots and 1GB of RAM it may be in two 512MB modules and you will be forced to get two new modules to get up to 2GB.
Dana - Dec 11, 2007 9:19:40 am PST #3794 of 25497
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Depends on the laptop.
Where would I check for information? Owner's manual?
If you have two slots and 1GB of RAM it may be in two 512MB modules and you will be forced to get two new modules to get up to 2GB.
Right. Hmm. The current leading contender says "both memory slots may be occupied." That's...not useful. It's got a maximum capacity of 4GB, though.
tommyrot - Dec 11, 2007 9:20:51 am PST #3795 of 25497
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Where would I check for information? Owner's manual?
Yep.
Perhaps you could find the owner's manual online, if you don't have it handy....
NoiseDesign - Dec 11, 2007 9:24:33 am PST #3796 of 25497
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If you post the manufacturer and model number we can help look up the specs too.
Gudanov - Dec 11, 2007 9:32:49 am PST #3797 of 25497
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2GB of ram is like $40 - $50 so you might just want to assume you have to replace all the memory for comparison shopping. If you don't need to replace the existing memory then, bonus.
Dana - Dec 11, 2007 9:34:00 am PST #3798 of 25497
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
The current contender is a Toshiba Satellite A215-S7422.
I've been running under the assumption that I had to have a matched set of memory...sticks? modules? Anyway, assuming that I had to have two 512MB, or two 1GB. I think our desktops run like that. But the stuff I'm reading sounds like you could actually have one 512 and one GB.
Jessica - Dec 11, 2007 9:38:39 am PST #3799 of 25497
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NoiseDesign - Dec 11, 2007 9:52:46 am PST #3800 of 25497
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Here's the specs on the memory for that machine:
Each memory slot can hold DDR2 PC2-6400,DDR2 PC2-5300 with a maximum of 2GB per slot.
No you do not need to install a matching pair on this machine, but you might suffer a slight performance hit since you won't get the benefits of dual channel memory.