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    Sony Vaio RAM

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by dominatingtnt, Aug 29, 2008.

  1. dominatingtnt

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    Hi All,
    My current predicament is i have a sony vaio fs515H, at the moment, yes i know it is a considerably oldish model. Anyways im trying to sell it, and the person who is interested wants Vista installed- i have the disk but the RAM is only 512mb so when i dis install Vista, the computer ran immensly slow! So i am considering upgrading the RAM to about 2gb- but 1 problem the RAM specs-
    The RAM card presently installed is- PC2-4200S-444-11-A0
    but i found 2 * 1GB ram cards for a good price but slightly different specs-
    'GB DDR2 PC2-4200 RAM - 200-pin SODIMM'
    I would like to know would that type of RAM card fit? 4200 instead of 4200s? Is there a size difference or is it compatible?? :confused:
    Please help or if you do know a helpful website that could assist please post! Ive tried sony vaio official website- absolutely uselss, no web admin eamil address, no support email address, only a TOLL international no- which doesn work for me as im currently in africa where the telecommunications networks arent the greatest. :(
    Please help!
    Thanking in advance
    Terry
     
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    Try the Crucial web site. I believe they have an easy 'ram checker' thingey which lists compatible ram for your make/model... it's worth a shot?
     
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    Thanx will do!
     
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    Thanx man i did- then i looked for the model they gave me on amazon and found a reasonable price 20 pounds- but i then went to Kingston website and found the same type of RAM card- checked compatibility and it worked- for half price- so just a heads up for anyone looking to buy ram- and both come with lifetime warranties
     
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