Does the VGN-S4M/S support more than 1 GB RAM?

[Ultima2876]

I just bought a VGN-S4M/S today and was wondering whether to buy 1 GB of RAM (2x512) or 2 GB of RAM (2x1024) - I've seen it advertised that this model supports both 1 GB max and 2 GB Max, and don't want to waste my money. The specs sheet that came with the laptop says 2 GB, but the sony site says 1 GB, and I can find hints to either around the web. Crucial don't even have the model on their site =/

So can anyone help in clearing this up for me once and for all?

Thanks a bunch =P

[diecerll]

I just bought a VGN-S4M/S today and was wondering whether to buy 1 GB of RAM (2x512) or 2 GB of RAM (2x1024) - I've seen it advertised that this model supports both 1 GB max and 2 GB Max, and don't want to waste my money. The specs sheet that came with the laptop says 2 GB, but the sony site says 1 GB, and I can find hints to either around the web. Crucial don't even have the model on their site =/

So can anyone help in clearing this up for me once and for all?

Thanks a bunch =P

Sony has only 512MB molules, then you can be upgraded to 1024MB =2x512MB because it has two menory banks. So, Sony site is correct, only 1GB now, but the laptop supports 2GB.

The VGN-S4M/S may be has 2x256MB=512MB (two banks used), I'm not sure about it, but you could use CPU-Z to test it:

http://www.majorgeeks.com/download425.html

[febs]

You don have to buy them from Sony, you can just go into pcworld or wherever and buy them from there.

[Ultima2876]

Yeah, I'm gonna buy the memory from crucial... so it'll work if I get the full 2 GB?

[febs]

It might be worth sending crucial an e-mail.