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    Toshiba Satellite A100-220 => RAM upgrade

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by greg-7, Jul 21, 2007.

  1. greg-7

    greg-7 Newbie

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    First of all I would like to say hi to everyone, because as you can see I’ve just joined the board :)

    I would like to buy additional 1GB of RAM for my Toshiba Satellite A100-220 (standard 256MB DDR2 533MHz is really not enough :D ) but I’m a bit confused which one should I pick. I live in the UK and I found a couple of websites which offer memory for A100-220. First of them called Orca Logic LTD offers 1GB of dedicated ram for the price of £30.43 ( http://www.orcalogic.co.uk/asp/prodtype.asp?prodtype=22351&ft=M) and Kingston’s (dedicated?) 1GB for £49.12 ( http://www.orcalogic-kingston.co.uk/asp/product.asp?p_id=7697&cat=). The other one – Ebuyer offers Kingston’s universal 1GB ram for £25.56 ( http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/83934/rb/0)

    1). Will Orca’s dedicated memory perform better than Kingston’s universal memory?
    2). Which one would you recommend to buy and from where?
    3). Do you have any other, better suggestions regarding this upgrade?


    Thanks in advance for your help! :)
     
    greg-7, Jul 21, 2007
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  2. usapatriot

    usapatriot Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Any brand of DDR2 PC4200 should work fine.
     
    usapatriot, Jul 21, 2007
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  3. aaa

    aaa Notebook Consultant

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    Any DDR2 will work. Just get the cheapest and make sure you don't accidentally get desktop ram. Since you've been running off 256 I don't think you'd care about the 1% gain you'd get from worrying about what speed to get.
     
    aaa, Jul 21, 2007
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  4. Lil Mayz

    Lil Mayz Notebook Deity

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    Try OcUK. They are a very reputable store in the UK.

    http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-110-CR&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=936

    The Crucial RAM there is comptabale with your system. it is faster (667Mhz), and also about £10 cheaper than the RAM from the links you posted.

    You probably wouldn't be able to tell the difference, but it is always good to buy RAM from a reputable company. I would buy the Kingston RAM.
     
    Lil Mayz, Jul 21, 2007
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  5. greg-7

    greg-7 Newbie

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    Can you actually put 667MHz RAM into my laptop which require 533MHz DDR2 and will it work? Is going to make any differnce regarding performance i.e. is it going to be faster?
     
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    aaa Notebook Consultant

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    It'll work. Whether it'll do the faster speed is the question. Only laptops with CoreDuo or later take advantage of 667.
     
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    Bablo Newbie

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    Please help! I've reinstalled Windows Xp on my satelite a100-220, and now I have some trouble with some characters: for example "@" is on "2" key, instead on the separate key. What regional settings should I make???
     
    Bablo, Dec 27, 2007
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