The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Where to find reliable information on RAM

    Discussion in 'HP' started by ChicagoLuke, Apr 17, 2005.

  1. ChicagoLuke

    ChicagoLuke Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    17
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    I'm going to try to max out my RAM (thanks brianstretch). Depending on where I look.... HP...Best Buy...Crucial, and my system's internal specs, the max is either 1280MB or 2GB. Where should I look for ACCURATE information?

    Luke
    Pavilion zv5200 3400+ 100GB(@5400),512MB,15.4"
     
    ChicagoLuke, Apr 17, 2005
    #1
  2. brianstretch

    brianstretch Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    441
    Messages:
    3,667
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    105
    It's 2GB. HP will sell you 2GB (for an extremely inflated price). You have to open up the notebook to get to the internal SODIMM slot which some stores consider to be too inconvenient to mention, thus the occassionally quoted 1280MB limitation.
     
    brianstretch, Apr 17, 2005
    #2
  3. happysquidman

    happysquidman Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    353
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Basically right now you can get RAM stick thing up to 1 GB. Notebooks almost always come with two ram slots, so if you do the math 1 GB * 2 = 2 GB.
     
    happysquidman, Apr 18, 2005
    #3
  4. ChicagoLuke

    ChicagoLuke Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    17
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    <blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by happysquidman
     
    Last edited by a moderator: May 8, 2015
    ChicagoLuke, Apr 18, 2005
    #4
  5. rfortson

    rfortson Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    4
    Messages:
    184
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    <blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by ChicagoLuke
     
    Last edited by a moderator: May 8, 2015
    rfortson, Apr 19, 2005
    #5
  6. dragoonchang

    dragoonchang Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    14
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    I have no idea about Kingston KVR333SO/1GR would work or not on HP NB, but because the super duper price, I would like to buy one (ok... maybe two[ ;)]) before I get my ZV6000.

    Outpost now sells Kingston KVR333SO/1GR in great price $139.99:
    http://shop1.outpost.com/product/4389075
    but best of all, they supply $30 rebate!
    http://image.ak.outpost.com/art/rebates_pdf/4389075.pdf
    The period is from 4/20 to 4/26.

    Are there any opinions about Kingston KVR333SO/1GR?


    Waiting for my ZV6000 from Costco:
    AMD Athlon 64 3200+
    2GB RAM, 128MB GPU,5K80+7K60
    8x DVD+/-RW, wifi+blue
     
    dragoonchang, Apr 20, 2005
    #6
  7. brianstretch

    brianstretch Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    441
    Messages:
    3,667
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    105
    Last edited by a moderator: May 5, 2015
    brianstretch, Apr 20, 2005
    #7