RAM limit/upgrade SZ 38GP

I just bought SZ38GP, English XP Pro but I think it is Asian model, similar to European 5 series, the CPU is T7200, and GPU the 7xxx. SZ are perfect for my DJ work, and secondary notebook, I was using the SZ1 till now and wanted to get the best there is from this series, possibly fastest CPU but no 8xxx Nvidia. It came with single 1G RAM, I could put another 1G from my old SZ but would rather have 3G total= add single 2G chip. I remember that SZ1 had 2G RAM limit but cannot find out about the SZ38GP C. Will I be able to use 3G with it ?

 

This seller says you can have up to 4gigo max.

http://www.memory-up.com/Memory/SonyVAIOVGN-SZ3410.html

cheers ...

 

Yes you can use 3GB with your SZ. It's the limit because the BIOS won't be able to recognize 4GB

 

The Intel 945PM/GM chipset do support up to 4GB of ram.
http://ark.intel.com/chipset.aspx?familyID=22816
http://ark.intel.com/chipset.aspx?familyID=22817
However, why it won't work is probably down to Sony.
Somebody has tried here on an SZ4.
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showpost.php?p=4509628&postcount=686

The SZ6/7 have newer BIOS versions that will get the BIOS to recognise 4GB but that is not the case it seems with the SZ1-5 models.

 

Thanks, I expected that it should work, but it is better having it confirmed before ordering.

 

My SZ381P (US version) can only support up to 3GB RAM. When I added 4GB, the BIOS only saw 3GB.