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    Question; RAM, 200 Pin DDR 1

    Discussion in 'Alienware Area-51/Aurora and Legacy Systems' started by lionheart001, Sep 28, 2010.

  1. lionheart001

    lionheart001 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey all,

    I have just purchased a used Alienware early version M9700 laptop. It has version one DDR 200 pin RAM memory sticks, 1 GIG each. (DDR1)

    I found out that no one makes 2 Gig sticks in this type of RAM. Is this true?

    If so, can I easily switch out the RAM base sockets and place a DDR2 or DDR3 series socket set in there? or does the entire Motherboard need to be swapped out?

    I purchased this to run Flight Simulator FS2004 on, and its presently locked on zero slider settings.

    OS is WinXP Pro if that helps.

    Many thanks for any feedback and advice.
     
    lionheart001, Sep 28, 2010
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  2. Nick

    Nick Professor Carnista

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    Your laptop has 2 memory slots, each one will only accept DDR1. There are 200 pins for DDR1 and 240 for DDR2, so you can't upgrade.

    I believe 2GB's is the max for your laptop.
     
    Nick, Sep 28, 2010
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  3. lionheart001

    lionheart001 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks Joker.

    Well, I was hoping. arrghh..


    LH
     
    lionheart001, Sep 29, 2010
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    James D Notebook Prophet

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    if it makes better you will have no benefit of having more then 2 GB of RAM. your system will not be able to use it. I have 1.5Gb and see no benefit against 1GB in XP. Only win 7 will slightly better but it is because it needs more RAM for additional settings. Better upgrade CPU
     
    James D, Apr 21, 2011
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    JDELUNA Notebook Deity

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    I too am trying to find a 200-pin DDR 2Gb sodimm single stick memory. From my understanding they were some made a few years back but they were hard to find. If you happen to find one, let me know too. God Bless :)
     
    JDELUNA, Apr 22, 2011
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