RAM upgrade on T42

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joefosho315 · #1 Post by **joefosho315** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 4:11 pm

Hey guys I just bought a 2378fvu with 256mb of ram. I wanna upgrade to 768 and I was just making sure that this Corsair ram is going to work fine. The name is Corsair 512MB PC2700 SODIMM 333MHz Memory and the link is http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications ... EdpNo=6993
Thanks guys!

lvlolvlo · #2 Post by **lvlolvlo** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 4:21 pm

it should be okay. i just normally purchase my ram via crucial b/c they havent sent me a wrong piece yet. well excpet for that one time long ago when i first orderd, which was when i first heard abt them

ian · #3 Post by **ian** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 4:21 pm

Just the job - not expensive either...

atlacatl · #4 Post by **atlacatl** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 4:23 pm

joefosho315 wrote:Hey guys I just bought a 2378fvu with 256mb of ram. I wanna upgrade to 768 and I was just making sure that this Corsair ram is going to work fine. The name is Corsair 512MB PC2700 SODIMM 333MHz Memory and the link is http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications ... EdpNo=6993
Thanks guys!

Hello - I have never gotten RAM from tigerdirect, so I can't recomend them.

However, I CAN recomend www.crucial.com - Their RAM is guranteed to work with your laptop or your money back - Also, they have a life time warranty: if the RAM stops working for whatever reason, they will replace it free of charge. I have done this in the past. They are great and NO, I am not affiliated with them

So, I'd probably say, check out crucial before buying. It may be even cheaper...

atlacatl · #5 Post by **atlacatl** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 4:28 pm

joefosho315 wrote:Hey guys I just bought a 2378fvu with 256mb of ram. I wanna upgrade to 768 and I was just making sure that this Corsair ram is going to work fine. The name is Corsair 512MB PC2700 SODIMM 333MHz Memory and the link is http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications ... EdpNo=6993
Thanks guys!

BTW, crucial is $10.00 cheaper...

http://www.crucial.com/store/listparts. ... &submit=Go

stgreek · #6 Post by **stgreek** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 5:09 pm

Crucial is also recommended by IBM, so it is a safe bet...

austin785 · #7 Post by **austin785** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 11:37 pm

Just get any DDR333 PC2700 SODIMM RAM. 2.5-3-3 Latency, if you want to be even more specific. Should cost you around $100 flat. ALL RAM is Lifetime Guaranteed. That is to say, so long as it's the CORRECT RAM.. if it doesn't work, it's replaced or refunded.

haivu · #8 Post by **haivu** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 1:58 pm

While we are at this topic, does upgrading your RAM void IBM warranty at all? I would hope not, but if you have any experience, please share with us.
Hai

atlacatl · #9 Post by **atlacatl** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 3:08 pm

haivu wrote:While we are at this topic, does upgrading your RAM void IBM warranty at all? I would hope not, but if you have any experience, please share with us.
Hai

NO

cjsuh · #10 Post by **cjsuh** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 3:48 pm

Is it worth going from 512MB to 1GB RAM if you only plan on using your laptop for the basics - i.e. e-mail, internet, mp3, dvd, online poker, etc. - and not for crazy games or applications? Will I even notice any performance improvements? $100 seems like a reasonable price if it provides noticeable enhancements, but if not...

Chun-Yu · #11 Post by **Chun-Yu** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 3:57 pm

No, going from 512 MB to 1 GB would most likely not help at all for doing the things you mention. I had 512 MB for a very long time and it was enough until I started running things like coLinux and VMWare, which require a LOT of memory.

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