Upgrade memory in Toshiba NB250 netbook

minimoneysaver

Hoping a techie can please advise me. I know I need to upgrade the RAM on my netbook as it struggles to hold a good conversation on skype without being unstable.

If I upgrade the RAM does it change anything (ie changes) that i've made to my netbook?

Sorry to sound a bit simple, but I haven't done anything like this before.

If someone can send me the link of the exact piece of kit I need, I think I may be able to install it myself, I've had a look around and found a few videos that point me in the right direction. I've done a bit of googling and found this:

NB250 you need a standard 200 pin DDR2 SODIMM laptop memory module (not desktop memory). While the processor can use DDR3, the specific motherboard of the NB255 and NB250 can not. It only has a single DDR2 memory slot and A DDR3 SODIMM will not fit into DDR2 or DDR memory sockets. Select a 2GB SODIMM memory module of 800MHz or 667MHz. These may be referenced as PC2-5400 or PC2-6400. Recommended brands include, but are not limited to, Corsair, Kingston, Patriot, Hynix and Viking.

Hammyman

It makes no difference whatsoever. Turn off, remove battery, remove cover, remove old memory, replace with new memory and pop it all back together.

Go to https://www.crucial.com/uk and use their memory selector tool. It'll tell you whats in it and list compatible RAM. They have a no quibble compatibility guarantee and a lifetime warranty.

minimoneysaver

Thanks very much. I've ordered the part it suggested. Hopefully it'll speed things up a bit! x

Devin_Shockwell

Might be too late for you but for future reference and those reading this, buy this kind of memory from ASUS Laptops. Currently you can buy a single 1GB DDR2 SODIMM 800MHz for £10.73 delivered. here's the link...

http://www.asuslaptop.co.uk/proddetail.php?prod=1GB_DDR2_SODIMM

Excellent for cheap upgrade for little netbooks!

debitcardmayhem

Devin_Shockwell wrote: »

Might be too late for you but for future reference and those reading this, buy this kind of memory from ASUS Laptops. Currently you can buy a single 1GB DDR2 SODIMM 800MHz for £10.73 delivered. here's the link...

http://www.asuslaptop.co.uk/proddetail.php?prod=1GB_DDR2_SODIMM

Excellent for cheap upgrade for little netbooks!

I believe there is only 1 slot on a NB250 therefore I would imagine it already has a 1Gb module in there

closed

More ram may make no difference to skype.

how much ram have you got, which operating system, and what is the commit charge in task manager?

minimoneysaver

Hi Closed
Not totally sure how to find everything you asked for but I've got this:
Toshiba
intel aton cpu n455 1.66ghz 1.67ghz
installed memory ram 1.00gb
32 bit operating system

minimoneysaver

physical memory mb
total 1013
cached 366
available 387
free 44

closed

You have available ram, as alluded to earlier, it's unlikely to change the skype problem. Unstable means? -- video or audio?

fiddiwebb

Skype should run fine, it does on my Samsung NC10 with 1Gb.

What antivirus programme are you running?
Any other security software/firewalls?

Is your internet connection stable?

keith1950

Hi, download Speccy from www.piriform.co.uk/speccy and it will give you all the info about your computer.