topic Re: Upgrading RAM in PCs & Accessories

Upgrading RAM

willy123 — Wed, 03 Aug 2005 00:10:38 GMT

hi, I am considering upgrading my ram from 512 to 1gig and was wondering if I have to use sony's more expensive RAM modules or if there's a cheaper compatible option. My notebook is fs215b

Thanks

Re: Upgrading RAM

robpaxton — Wed, 03 Aug 2005 00:26:38 GMT

Checkout Crucial - highly recommended by everyone . . . .

Re: Upgrading RAM

Eugenepang — Wed, 03 Aug 2005 01:33:10 GMT

Checkout Crucial - highly recommended by everyone . . . .

Yup.. i bought 2x1G ram and 1G SD card from them and its cheap..

Re: Upgrading RAM

willy123 — Wed, 03 Aug 2005 12:35:52 GMT

Hi, buying non-official sony ram won't make my guarentee void will it? Also, where can I get it installedand how much will it cost, or is it easyenough to do myself with instructions. thanks:smileyconfused:

Re: Upgrading RAM

rich912 — Wed, 03 Aug 2005 12:54:23 GMT

Changing/adding memory to your note book is a fairly straight forward process and your on-line user guide has details of how to go about it. Click me.
With regard to the warranty issue, I believe that you lose support not your guarantee by changing the memory. Just keep the old modules and put them back in if you ever need to send your notebook off to Sony.
Be aware that your existing memory may be two 256Mb chips thus you will need to buy two 512Mb modules.

Re: Upgrading RAM

seb21__ — Wed, 03 Aug 2005 15:42:10 GMT

Hi, buying non-official sony ram won't make my guarentee void will it?  Also, where can I get it installedand how much will it cost, or is it easyenough to do myself with instructions. thanks:smileyconfused:

ROFLMFAO show me one VAIO which came with preinstalled SonyRam, and I donate 1 EuroCent for Apple, in hope that they keep theirs current CPU manufacturer and don't overflow to Intel.:smileyshocked:

Re: Upgrading RAM

willy123 — Wed, 03 Aug 2005 16:11:01 GMT

I heard about VRAM and WRAM, is there a resource like crucial that will tell about that. Are they widely available and how much more do they cost.

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rich912 — Wed, 03 Aug 2005 16:21:29 GMT

VRAM and WRAM are graphics memory not system memory.

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seb21__ — Wed, 03 Aug 2005 16:29:26 GMT

VRAM is the video Ram. The Graphic Card in a PC has VRAM. But some share the Ram with slow Work Ram which is for the system (Windows and any other aplications). You can't uprade VRam. But you can upgrade WRam.

Keep this words. Alot older VAIOs uses a shared memory graphic card. Some of them are able to use 128MB of the WRam. But they are to slow to use this Ram. One example is the Radeon 345M (32MB, 64MB and 128MB). but 32MB is still the best for this craphic card.

Re: Upgrading RAM

willy123 — Wed, 03 Aug 2005 16:30:19 GMT

yep :smileyblush: as soon as I finished the post I read up on it and realised :smileyblush:

Re: Upgrading RAM

Kei — Fri, 05 Aug 2005 13:59:06 GMT

I hear the PCG-K215B has a maximum 1GB, is that correct?

When I visited Crucial, I performed a diagnosis on my PC using their diagnostic tool, and found that I have 2 slots fitted with 256MB modules, and my VAIO has a maximum capacity of 2GB.

What's up with that?

Can anyone confirm this?

Thanks

Re: Upgrading RAM

rich912 — Fri, 05 Aug 2005 14:13:57 GMT

There is some conflicting information here as the main page for your model, at the Crucial site, states that the max RAM supported is 1024Mb. I would drop them an email to query it.

Re: Upgrading RAM

Kei — Sat, 06 Aug 2005 11:36:39 GMT

Apparently, after running a second system scan using their tool, it generated a different result: 2 x 256MB with 1GB capacity.

Their scanner musn't be all accurate.

Re: Upgrading RAM

kee-lo_ — Sat, 06 Aug 2005 18:18:07 GMT

Best to use Everest Home Edition

Re: Upgrading RAM

Stevesco — Sun, 07 Aug 2005 17:32:58 GMT

I'm thinking also of upgrading my 512 to 1gb of Ram on my FS115B. As the graphics share 128 of the Ram will I notice a significant difference in performance of XP by doing this ?
I notice to it will require me to buy 2 x 512 modules to replace the existing memory.

Re: Upgrading RAM

kee-lo_ — Sun, 07 Aug 2005 21:17:31 GMT

You will see a difference in Windows, not with graphics performance as the share stays at 128MB, but thats not a problem really.