dv8000t memory

will most pc5300 memory work in it? Tron

 

As long as you get a regular brand (the more popular newegg ones) you should be fine. I've rarely heard of problems with RAM incompatibility...and most of those are due to AMD's on-board memory controller (but that is only what I've heard).

 

any problems with go thru BestBuy?

 

If you goto crucial.com and put in yout model info it gives specific ram information for you, I wouldn't suggest buying it there, but its a good start for what you need as far as ECC, Non-ECC, etc

In your case it suggests

DDR2 PC2-5300 • CL=5 • UNBUFFERED • NON-ECC • DDR2-667 • 1.8V

And you have 2 slots, so 2GB max with 1GB per slot.

Best Buy sells typicallly whats known as "Value RAM" for the most part, I personally haven't used it before as I just like the name brands (big fan of OCZ brand), but I've never really seen a case where it made much difference despite what I've heard about cheap brands being sub-standard quality. Yeah I've seen lots of sticks of RAM go bad, but none I could specificly trace back to a poor brand choice, even the good stuff dies sometimes

 

If you purchase it from BestBuy and it doesn't work, BB will return it no problem. Just tell them it is incompatible (even though it says it is the right type of ram).

dv8000t (and most laptops) use PC5300, Non-ECC, 5-5-5-15 timings try using CPU Z to get this info on your computer.

 

I did goto Crucial and found out it takes pc4200/5300 so i looked at bestbuy for price and whats available

 

You might find better prices online, but if it's not compatible or DOA, it's much easier to return/exchange at a big box store.