DDR3 in a T61 functional?

[emeraldgirl08]

Less costly is my motivation. Just wondering if a pair of 2gb PC3-8500 would work in a T61? I may have read somewhere that RAM often get downclocked to the chipset speeds. Would that be the case with the T61 and 4gb of PC3-8500 or would this not work period?

Thanks!

[ZaZ]

It won't fit is probably the biggest issue.

[emeraldgirl08]

lol okay thanks Zaz. I have not physically compared the both against each other recently.

[ajkula66]

Yeah DDR3 is about half the price of DDR2 nowadays, at least in the laptop world.

I've got a matched pair of Lenovo-issued Samsung 2GB DIMMs that would fit that T61 beautifully...throw me an offer I can't refuse...

[rjwilmsi]

DDR3 and DDR2 modules are physically different: different number of pins, notch in different place. This won't work.

In terms of RAM speed, RAM of the correct type should be able to run at a lower speed than its maximum without any problems, and speed detection should be automatic by motherboard BIOS to match the highest supported by both the CPU and RAM.

[FryPpy]

DDR3 and DDR2 modules are physically different: different number of pins, notch in different place. This won't work.

It uses different voltages (1.8V for DDR2 vs 1.5V for DDR3). Let's roast some DDR3

[robert213]

Please review my signature (to see which memory modules I purchased) ...