Laptop RAM

[jurtje]

My dad has a Toshiba portege 7200 which takes SODIMM PC 100. If I buy a SODIMM PC 133 will it clock down as with regular memory? Or do I really have to buy PC 100?

[XPTB]

I know regular desktop pc 133 will clock down. I'm assuming the laptop versions do the same thing, but then again, you know what they say when you assume something.

[silenze]

I'm not aware of any complications that would pose either..

[undergroundtech]

Should work... I know with desktops its all backwards compatible, I don't know of any reasons why it wouldn't be the same for a laptop.

[KryoNexus]

i'd be really careful with this. my inspiron 8100 for instance only takes very specific specs of memory. laptops can be much more fickle about memory than desktops, so i would check with the manufacturer before you buy anything.

[silenze]

maybe about the banks.. but I don't see a complication with clocking 133 to 100.. always a good idea to check though.

[jurtje]

Kryo is right a usual (http://websearch.cs.com/cs/boomframe.jsp?query=pc133+portege+7200&page=1&offset=0&result_url=redir%3Fsrc%3Dwebsearch%26requestId%3D4 e0316ac2158b08c%26clickedItemRank%3D1%26userQuery% 3Dpc133%2Bportege%2B7200%26clickedItemURN%3Dhttp%2 53A%252F%252Fforums.thetechguys.com%252Farchive%25 2Findex.php%252Ft-2619.html%26invocationType%3D-%26fromPage%3Dccforum_centersearch%26amp%3BampTest %3D1&remove_url=http%3A%2F%2Fforums.thetechguys.com%2Fa rchive%2Findex.php%2Ft-2619.html). :cry:

[undergroundtech]

Kryo is right a usual (http://websearch.cs.com/cs/boomframe.jsp?query=pc133+portege+7200&page=1&offset=0&result_url=redir%3Fsrc%3Dwebsearch%26requestId%3D4 e0316ac2158b08c%26clickedItemRank%3D1%26userQuery% 3Dpc133%2Bportege%2B7200%26clickedItemURN%3Dhttp%2 53A%252F%252Fforums.thetechguys.com%252Farchive%25 2Findex.php%252Ft-2619.html%26invocationType%3D-%26fromPage%3Dccforum_centersearch%26amp%3BampTest %3D1&remove_url=http%3A%2F%2Fforums.thetechguys.com%2Fa rchive%2Findex.php%2Ft-2619.html). :cry:

Possibly, but I also remember when I was trying to upgrade a Gateway 400c, I called Gateway and they told me that a 433 Celeron was the most I could install.
Hhmmm...I had no trouble getting a 500 celery to work.

Not saying there wrong, but they sometimes are.

[silenze]

that guys problem sounds like timings to me... backing down to 100, timings are probably getting screwed.. and I doubt you can specify those in a laptop bios :P


<-- doesn't care for laptops, at all..

[KryoNexus]

Kryo is right a usual (http://websearch.cs.com/cs/boomframe.jsp?query=pc133+portege+7200&page=1&offset=0&result_url=redir%3Fsrc%3Dwebsearch%26requestId%3D4 e0316ac2158b08c%26clickedItemRank%3D1%26userQuery% 3Dpc133%2Bportege%2B7200%26clickedItemURN%3Dhttp%2 53A%252F%252Fforums.thetechguys.com%252Farchive%25 2Findex.php%252Ft-2619.html%26invocationType%3D-%26fromPage%3Dccforum_centersearch%26amp%3BampTest %3D1&remove_url=http%3A%2F%2Fforums.thetechguys.com%2Fa rchive%2Findex.php%2Ft-2619.html). :cry:

::flatterred:: ;-)

[playafly187]

that guys problem sounds like timings to me... backing down to 100, timings are probably getting screwed.. and I doubt you can specify those in a laptop bios :P


<-- doesn't care for laptops, at all..

while most cheaper laptops arent powerhouses and tweakers, like our desktops, they can come in very handy :)