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    Laptop ram compatibility question

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by hanime, Sep 25, 2011.

  1. hanime

    hanime Notebook Evangelist

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    My laptop came with the Samsung 4GB ram (Product ID: M471B5273CH0-CH9) and I have the Patriot Signature 4GB ram (Product ID: PSD34G13332S) as a spare. If I combine these together for the 8GB ram, would they work with no problems? Would the difference in brand or possible latency difference affect anything? Thanks.
     
    hanime, Sep 25, 2011
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  2. Qing Dao

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    They will work with no problems at all. Any difference means nothing in the end.
     
    Qing Dao, Sep 25, 2011
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  3. 3Fees

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    Brand name and latency( both are CAS 9, if they were not both the same the chipset would use the slowest CAS for both) is not a problem,further running two 4GB Ram modules will give you a system performance boost, Dual Channel Symmetrical will be active, both modules have the same number of chips-8 per side, dual sided=16 total(each ram module has the same ram configuation)
    Your good to go.

    Cheers
    3Fees :)
     
    3Fees, Sep 25, 2011
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  4. hanime

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    Thanks! Never knew about the Dual Channel Symmetrical.
     
    hanime, Sep 25, 2011
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    Yup. I did the same thing on my old laptop but with 2 2GB sticks and there is no problem. Go right ahead.
     
    TomJG90, Sep 29, 2011
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