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    RAM question

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by EKaru, Mar 9, 2008.

  1. EKaru

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    Sony Vaio PCG-7L1L (VGNFS940) and it requires PC2-4200 DDR2 533Mhz RAM... I just replaced its OEM RAM (512mb) with 2 GB worth of RAM from my macbook pro (PC2-5300 DDR2 667 MHz Type RAM) and it seems to work just fine... Is there a reason why it's working and I was wondering if there would be a problem if I continued to use it this way... Thanks
     
    EKaru, Mar 9, 2008
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    Well, it seems to be working just fine and it's much quicker, now that it has 4 times the RAM...
     
    EKaru, Mar 9, 2008
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    Kdawgca rotaredoM repudrepuS RBN

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    Kdawgca, Mar 9, 2008
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  4. EKaru

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    Thanks very much for the helpful post... :)
     
    EKaru, Mar 9, 2008
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    Hi so if I buy 1024MB, 667MHz, DDR2, Memory do you think it will work? I have the same notebook. It has 533Mhz in at the moment
     
    zaeem001, Jun 25, 2008
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    miki69 Notebook Evangelist

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    Of course it will work. Question is will you have any benefit, as memory speed needs to be "on pair" with FSB. So for example if your Front Side Bus is 533 then basically this could be bottleneck so you will not benefit much if you put 667MHz memory module.

    BR
    Miki
     
    miki69, Jun 25, 2008
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    o ok thank you for info.
     
    zaeem001, Jun 25, 2008
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