need comment

My notebook specs :
Toshiba Satellite M45 ver. PSM40U-01R001B serial no. 45021583Q,
BIOS ver. 1,20 date 24 january 2005
Chipset Intel i910GML/915GM (alviso), GMA 900 Graphics 64 bit
FSB frequency 133 mhz Bus speed 532 mhz (QDR)
Processor Intel Pentium M 760 2GHz 2GB L2-Cache (Code name Dothan)
Support mPGA-479M
RAM 2 x 512 MB DDR PC2700
HDD 80 GB

Question :

what is your comment about the above mentioned specs ?
when i bought that notebook, i thought the processor is Pentium Sonoma, am i correct ?
Can I upgrade my RAM to DDR2 instead of DDR ?
in my opinion, that chipset and processor can support DDR2.

thank's :centrino:

 

The M45 was a good Toshiba Satellite line - it marked the beginning of Toshiba's road to recovery build-quality wise. However, I don't like the IGP it comes with, the GMA 900 - it can't do anything intense (no newer games and graphic work won't be an option either). Since your model is a Sonoma one (915 chipset), you'll be able to have DDR2 RAM.

 

What is the reason they put DDR RAM, if the chipset support for DDR2. price ?

If I can swap to DDR2, how can I do that? do I need to change the slot, or just put the new DDR2 in the old slot.

 

I'm not really sure why Toshiba would do something like that - DDR is almost the same price as DDR2 RAM is. You can pick up any DDR2 RAM sticks and put them into your RAM slots as is and should work. Be sure to get the same brand/size for maximum performance.