M2N (M2400N) Memory Upgrade

Hi everyone, I've been visiting the forum before, and today I had some questions and finally I ended up becoming a member of the forum.

Today, I sold my bundled Apacer 256 MB PC2100 DDR, and now I'm looking for a suitable memory on the net, however ASUS claims that the maximum memory that my notebook is 768 MB (256 onboard memory+512 expansion). I hope this is an information given due to the limitations of the time, because I'm planning to buy a 1-GB DDR for my notebook. Should I take the risk and buy a 1-GB module, or believe in ASUS's rather old information and buy a 512-GB one?

Another question is, are there any limitations of brands? Should I buy "Apacer" again? Or popular brands like Kingston or Twinmos are just fine?

Thanks.

Btw, here is my notebook's technical info on ASUS's site:
http://www.asus.com/products4.aspx?modelmenu=2&model=34&l1=5&l2=26&l3=124&l4=0

 

Max RAM quoted by Asus is based on what was available at the time of manufacture that they could test for compatability. In the era of the M2, 1GB sticks were simply a dream, nowhere close to reality. Other notebooks of that era using PC2100, i.e. the Powerbook G3-800, also had 768 listed as max RAM but users have reported no problems with 256+1GB. The OS and BIOS should be able to handle it, but when working with older tech you are taking a bit of a leap of faith .

The brand of RAM is irrelevant; you want to stay with a reliable, established manufacturer. It may be difficult to find inexpensive PC2100 RAM in a 1GB size, however, since the older memory tends to stay higher priced.

 

The price isn't terrible, though the compatibility might be an issue. The real kicker is that it might actually "work" but then give tons of memory errors.

http://www.ec.kingston.com/ecom/con...+Series+Notebook&distributor=0&submit1=Search

If you do feel adventurous and want to try, I'd suggest getting it from a place locally which has a good return policy rather than trying your luck online and having to pay for return shipping (if any such place exists around where you live/work). You'll also want do a few runs of memtest86+ on it to be sure it actually works properly.

 

Finally I've bought a Kingston 512 MB DDR266 module, as I don't have the chance to return. Kingston's online memory wizard page also suggests to buy a 512 MB module (768 MB max.), so I chose to obey the rules .

For now my system works just fine, a bit more responsive. I ran Sandra's "Burn-in" test a few times, but nothing bad happened.

Thanks for your help.