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skyking_comms

Just received mine. Well impressed so far. I think i have brought the wrong ram. I got 2x 1GB Corsair DDR2 667mhz, PC2-5300 sticks from ebuyer. In the laptop it has 2x 512 PC2-4200. Will 5300 work or do i need to get 4200?
Cheers

skyking_comms

Also noticed the Dell RAM is 553mhz and not 667

JDPower

skyking_comms wrote: »

Just received mine. Well impressed so far. I think i have brought the wrong ram. I got 2x 1GB Corsair DDR2 667mhz, PC2-5300 sticks from ebuyer. In the laptop it has 2x 512 PC2-4200. Will 5300 work or do i need to get 4200?
Cheers

skyking_comms wrote: »

Also noticed the Dell RAM is 553mhz and not 667

I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong but I'm pretty certain the sticks you bought will be fine if you are replacing both the installed sticks, the different types should only be an issue if you were replacing just one as there would then be a mismatch.

skyking_comms

Just checked the Crucial website and it says they are fine.
Ive put them in the laptop and it recognises them, so all is ok!

Thanks

grayme-m

grayme-m wrote: »

Till I look I can't say anything to the contrary, however I am writing this on a (Compaq) laptop that has a SATA hard drive that I formatted using the method we've discussed (i.e. no floppies or drivers via F6).

For now at least I have decided to stick with Vista. It's a little uncomfortable using a new operating system, but I fear endless hassles with drivers if I go back.

The laptop itself seems a very nice piece of kit, if only I could partition the hard drive smaller than half (silly Windows program won't go smaller.... yet )

JDPower

grayme-m wrote: »

The laptop itself seems a very nice piece of kit, if only I could partition the hard drive smaller than half (silly Windows program won't go smaller.... yet )

Try this:

http://www.computeractive.co.uk/hdmanager8/index

Despite saying the offer ran out months ago the download and registration still work

grayme-m

JDPower wrote: »

Try this:

http://www.computeractive.co.uk/hdmanager8/index

Despite saying the offer ran out months ago the download and registration still work

Thanks, all went well installing but alas it is not Vista compatible.

JDPower

grayme-m wrote: »

Thanks, all went well installing but alas it is not Vista compatible.

Ah sorry, never thought about that :rolleyes:

caverncity

gromituk wrote: »

Just make sure Customs doesn't search you on the way in, or you'll regret buying it in the US.

he will only be charged VAT as its duty free on laptops/pc's coming into the EU

gromituk

...plus a huge fine for going through the "Nothing to Declare" channel?