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    SZ483N hdd

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by kursed, Jan 22, 2008.

  1. kursed

    kursed Notebook Enthusiast

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    I want to update my hdd to a newer 7200rpm Hitachi/Seagate - but where is the hdd installed? I can't seem to find a door for the hdd :s Halp? Also, can Vista - Business 32 bit recognize 4GBs of ram?
     
    kursed, Jan 22, 2008
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    In that case is it possible for me to upgrade to 3 gigs of ram? Also, if I'm not wrong, Sony down clocks memory from 667mhz to 222mhz for maintaining system temps. Now if I were to replace both rams in the laptop with corsair 5300 (667mhz), will the same happen to that as well?
     
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    Well, any help people?
     
    kursed, Jan 23, 2008
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    Can anyone please tell me, if I can install 3GB of RAM on my SZ 483N/C?
     
    kursed, Jan 24, 2008
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    I still didn't get answer to my question, can I upgrade my ram to 3GB?
     
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    Yes you can upgrade to 3GB. I know they down clock the 600 series to 667MHZ(When using 800MHZ RAM) but I'm not sure about your model.
     
    Sponsi, Jan 24, 2008
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    My model comes with a 5300 module - originally clocked at 667 Mhz but Sony for some very odd reasons has got it down clocked at 333 Mhz. :s

    Is there anything that I can do about it?
     
    kursed, Jan 24, 2008
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    It's not downclocked to 333. It'd DDR2 RAM. 333 x 2 = 667.
     
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    Ah - okay - I didn't think of it that way. Any ideas if I can put a faster RAM in this notebook - or will I need to go with the 667Mhz one?
     
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    You can install faster RAM but it will still run at the same speed (533Mhz)
     
    gopz, Apr 14, 2008
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