Memory Upgrade with faster memory? will it work?

[Kamal]

Hi I have a Dell Inspiron 510m Laptop with 2 x 256mb chips installed.
There are no free slots so i will need to remove one of the chips to
upgrade.


I have found the memory upgrade for this machine on the Crucial memory
website.


their recommemded upgrade is


1 GB DDR PC2700 · CL=2.5 · UNBUFFERED · NON-ECC · DDR333 ·
2.5V · 128Meg x 64 for £104.56


So i searched for this on Ebuyer.co.uk and found


Crucial 1GB DDR PC2700 333MHz 200pin SODIMM 128mx64 for notebooks
for £88.90 which I believe is the same spec.


However I also found


Crucial 1GB DDR PC3200 400MHz 200pin SODIMM for notebooks for £83.18


My Question is


1) can i use the faster memory than the specification.
2) Can i mix memory ie 1x256mb (PC2700) and 1x1gb (Pc3200)


thanks in advance for anyone who can advise


Kamal


Reply

 

[George Macdonald]

Hi I have a Dell Inspiron 510m Laptop with 2 x 256mb chips installed.
There are no free slots so i will need to remove one of the chips to
upgrade.


I have found the memory upgrade for this machine on the Crucial memory
website.


their recommemded upgrade is


1 GB DDR PC2700 · CL=2.5 · UNBUFFERED · NON-ECC · DDR333 ·
2.5V · 128Meg x 64 for £104.56


So i searched for this on Ebuyer.co.uk and found


Crucial 1GB DDR PC2700 333MHz 200pin SODIMM 128mx64 for notebooks
for £88.90 which I believe is the same spec.


However I also found


Crucial 1GB DDR PC3200 400MHz 200pin SODIMM for notebooks for £83.18


My Question is


1) can i use the faster memory than the specification.

There should be no problem there. I haven't done exactly the same as you
but recently added a DDD333 SODIMM, from Crucial to a Thinkpad to go along
with the original DDR266 memory.

2) Can i mix memory ie 1x256mb (PC2700) and 1x1gb (Pc3200)

Yes again - should be OK.

 

[Kamal]

Thanks George

Am ordering the faster & Cheaper PC3200 - will let you know if there is
a problem.

Kamal