Changing internal memory on V2000

Hey everyone, I just ordred a v2000. I only ordered it with 256meg ram to save a bit. I have a extra 256 that I am going to add from another laptop. I just saw some 512 on sale for $30 and was wondering how hard it is to remove the internal stick so maybe I will get 2x512 and sell the extra 256 sticks.

Anyone do this?


Thanks

 

It's pretty easy, just make sure the RAM you have is compatible.

 

I am going to get these

Can you give me a quick run down on what to do... nothing fancy just a summary. Or point me to where to look.


Thanks!

 

There's a hatch on the bottom of the notebook that lets you access the SODIMM slots.

Do yourself a favor and buy Crucial PC2700 memory. That will work. Kingston is a good choice too, usually (I'm a little concerned after finding out that Kingston "Value" RAM isn't necessarily made by Kingston). Transcend tends to be good. From there it's hit-or-miss. The AMD64 high-performance integrated memory controller isn't as tolerant of marginal RAM as Intel's slower external controller. Whatever you buy, verify it with MemTest86+ after installation.

Actually, I think PC3200 will play nice in Turion notebooks, what with the improved memory controller in the E-series CPU cores. Not positive though.

 

So both slots are accessible from the hatch? On my last laptop only one was and the other the keyboard had to come out.

Thnaks for the memory info I will check it out.