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    XPS M1530 ram into Inspiron 6000?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by sxusteven, Jul 10, 2008.

  1. sxusteven

    sxusteven Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi,
    I'm planning on order a XPS M1530, but to save money, I would like to upgrade the ram myself with the ram avaliable from newegg. The XPS M1530 I am likely going to buy will originally have 2x1GB ram sticks. I would like to stick them into an old Inspiron 6000 machine. Will it work since the ram inside XPS M1530 is PC2 5300 whereas the Inspiron is 4200. I don't mind if the ram is downclocked :) .
     
    sxusteven, Jul 10, 2008
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  2. dtwn

    dtwn C'thulhu fhtagn

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    Yep, the RAM from the M1530 will work in the 6000.
     
    dtwn, Jul 10, 2008
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    Andy Notebook Prophet

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    Yeah, it will work just fine as @dtwn83 stated, at 533MHz (PC2-4200)....
     
    Andy, Jul 10, 2008
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  4. sxusteven

    sxusteven Notebook Evangelist

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    Ok ^^, thanks for the replies
     
    sxusteven, Jul 10, 2008
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