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    DDR3 for HP 8510W

    Discussion in 'HP Business Class Notebooks' started by plumsauce, Jan 22, 2011.

  1. plumsauce

    plumsauce Notebook Enthusiast

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    Can anyone confirm or deny that DDR3 works in a 8510W/8510P?

    The HP spec is DDR2/553. Right now DDR3 is 60 percent of the price of DDR2 in the 8GB kit.

    The particular kit is:

    Mushkin Essentials 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1066MHz CL7 SODIMM
     
    plumsauce, Jan 22, 2011
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  2. KLF

    KLF NBR Super Modernator Super Moderator

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    It won't even fit into the slot = doesn't work. In addition, I think chipset didn't support more than 4GB but I might be wrong.
     
    KLF, Jan 22, 2011
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  3. plumsauce

    plumsauce Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thank you both for answering, and you are indeed correct.

    Now the question becomes, what is the effect on battery life.

    The only specs I have found are for Kingston ValueRam DDR2 @667

    1 GB module = 1.125 watt
    2 GB module = 1.584 watt

    So, at:
    2GB, 1.125 x 2 = 2.250 watt
    4GB, 1.584 x 2 = 3.168 watt

    They do not list a spec sheet for the 4GB module, but an extrapolation:

    8GB, 1.584 + (1.584-1.125) x 2 = 2.502 x 2 = 5.004 watt

    Is that any where near realistic?

    Seems like it might be a bad idea to max out memory if the notebook is idling at 405MB on Windows Server 2K3/x64 with SQL, IIS, IE6, and Java JVM running right now.

    Maybe 4GB is a better idea. Much cheaper too. But, as I am only going to do this once, and before DDR2 prices go up ...
     
    plumsauce, Jan 23, 2011
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  4. Star Forge

    Star Forge Quaggan's Creed Redux!

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    Battery life is negligible. The increase in the voltage is so minimal that it really doesn't more than just a few minutes.
     
    Star Forge, Jan 23, 2011
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