Sony Vaio VGN-FW31J RAM Question

i have a sony vaio vgn-fw31j and it currently has 4gb ram and it operates on windows vista and have a big problem... well for me its big

i currently play swtor and it eats up the ram like there no tomorrow and want to know if its possible for me to upgrade my ram and add a 4gb ram into the slot to improve it to 6gb overall to free up physicall memory.

i currently dont have the funds to buy new laptop or upgrade to something else except ram, if someone know that i can do this can they give advice were to purchase.

thanks all help is appreciated.

from stressed out sony vaio user

 

According to Crucial's memory configurator, the FW31 series takes a DDR2 PC2-6400 200pin module. (Often also listed as DDR2 800) High likelihood it came off the assembly line with two 2GB modules.

My VGN-FW290 uses the very same modules. The entire FW line is likely more identical than not in terms of its chipset and hardware layout.

Back in 2008, there were only two manufacturers of DDR2 4GB modules and it was priced at $365 EACH.

A number of stateside online vendors show they're still offering 4GB modules. Pricing hovers around $90usd.

If the budget allows, get two identical modules. In the old days, a system could experience lockups if you mixed RAM timings, capacities, and sometimes even brands. If you decide to upgrade only one of the two slots and the system freezes, I'd trace the culprit to this issue.

In my case (with a Core2Duo 2.8ghz), going from the factory-supplied 4GB (2x2GB) to 8GB total made the system capable of editing high-definition smoothly. Trying to do the same under 4GB was painful at best.