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    Toshiba Satellite M40 memory...

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by DrunkMunky, Jul 28, 2005.

  1. DrunkMunky

    DrunkMunky Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm looking at this notebook and I see that they use DDR 2700 for the ram. I'm wondering if I buy this notebook, if I want to upgrade my ram, does it have to be DDR2700 or I could buy some DDR2 because I do believe this notebook is on a Sonoma chipset because of the CPU on 533Mhz FSB.
     
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    miner Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Yeah it might be based on the Sonoma, but for DDR2 to work the motherboard has to be compatible. I highly doubt as DDR2 memory will not fit into DDR memory slots & since it comes standard with DDR memory.

    Try Crucial or any of the big brand name RAM manufacturers, they generally list compatible RAM's & give gurantees for RAM they sell.
     
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    Thanks, I just checked and ya... it seem that it only accept DDR.
    To make sure, 200-pin SODIMM is DDR right?
     
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    Yes, 200 pin SODIMM's are the standard for most laptops, only a few ultraportables have different pins.
     
    miner, Jul 29, 2005
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