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| Thread ID: 128856 | 2013-01-19 22:06:00 | Understanding Ram. | Newteach (4990) | Press F1 |
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| 1323618 | 2013-01-19 22:06:00 | I want to upgrade the ram in a Toshiba Laptop but I am trying hard to understand the types of Ram. The laptop in question is a Toshiba Satellite with one 512mb stick of 2Rx 16 PC2-4200S - 444 - 12- A3 ram. I guess the important bit is PC2-4200 bit but when I do a search you see all sorts of DDR2 ram listed. Is all this equivalent, the same, faster, slower? Does anyone have a simple explanation of Ram or a website where you can search equivalent ram types ? Puzzled Dad. |
Newteach (4990) | ||
| 1323619 | 2013-01-19 22:22:00 | en.wikipedia.org Is a place to start. computer.howstuffworks.com Is another one. |
KarameaDave (15222) | ||
| 1323620 | 2013-01-20 00:05:00 | I guess the important bit is PC2-4200 bit. PC2-4200 = DDR2-533 You want SODIMM (smaller modules designed for laptops) |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1323621 | 2013-01-20 00:09:00 | You may want to find what the highest speed of ram your computer can use. | Slankydudl (16687) | ||
| 1323622 | 2013-01-20 06:43:00 | Understanding RAM is like trying to understand women, give up now its never going to happen | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1323623 | 2013-01-20 06:55:00 | then it gets funky when you find out that it technically isn't Random Access Memory | Slankydudl (16687) | ||
| 1323624 | 2013-01-20 07:06:00 | It's funny stuff. I am determined to know everything about it! | ChazTheGeek (16619) | ||
| 1323625 | 2013-01-20 07:56:00 | Understanding RAM is like trying to understand women, give up now its never going to happen Must be why I understand RAM then. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1323626 | 2013-01-20 10:32:00 | Understanding RAM is like trying to understand women, give up now its never going to happen :lol: That's because the rules keep changing. ;) On a more note relating to this thread -- Not all SODIMM ( laptop RAM) works on all laptops, even if the speed and other specs are the same as the original. You can sometimes put in a piece of RAM, and it wont detect, or it can actually stop the Laptop from starting. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1323627 | 2013-01-20 19:41:00 | :lol: That's because the rules keep changing. ;) On a more note relating to this thread -- Not all SODIMM ( laptop RAM) works on all laptops, even if the speed and other specs are the same as the original. You can sometimes put in a piece of RAM, and it wont detect, or it can actually stop the Laptop from starting. Yes and make sure it's pushed all the way home as I found when my netbook wouldn't start after upgrading the RAM |
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