[SOLVED] Ram compatbility for Laptop

johnny09 · 07-15-2009, 05:39 PM

Hi all!

I have an Acer travelmate 4150 laptop and it takes PC4200 DDR 400 C3 SO-Dimm RAM. I have a friend who is selling me the Ram out his broken Laptop(he trod on it breaking the screen,never put laptops on the floor! lol!)
They are 1 gb PC4200 but they are 533mhz as opposed to 400mhz? Would they still work on my laptop?

Thanks!

**wrench97** · 07-15-2009, 06:12 PM

What brand and model is his laptop?
Yours should be DDR2 PC4200 533Mhz.
DDR 3200 is 400Mhz.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC4200

johnny09 · 07-16-2009, 05:36 PM

Hi!

I don't have his laptop model\number on hand. I know for a fact it says on the sticker of the RAM i'm using at the moment it says PC2 4200s and i was told it was 400mhz but i'm beginning to think that person was wrong as there is nothing on the chip about mhz or DDR so i'd say my RAM i'm using is 533mhz so i won't have a prob!

Would i have any probs installing 2gb modules compatibility wise?
Cheers!

**wrench97** · 07-16-2009, 05:39 PM

Yes the 4150 can only have 1 gig per slot > http://www.crucial.com/store/listpar...velMate%204150

johnny09 · 07-17-2009, 04:50 PM

Hi!

I just read up on RAM specs and i've got it now! PC3200 is 400mhz(400mhzx8 bits = 3200 and 533mhzx 8 bits = 4200 so PC4200 is 533mhz!

So yes 533mhz will work!

Thanks for the help!

**wrench97** · 07-17-2009, 04:56 PM

533Mhz will work at 1Gig per slot.

07-15-2009, 05:39 PM	#1 (permalink)
johnny09 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 58 OS: WinXPSP3/WinXP Prox64/Vista Ultimate SP2	[SOLVED] Ram compatbility for Laptop Hi all! I have an Acer travelmate 4150 laptop and it takes PC4200 DDR 400 C3 SO-Dimm RAM. I have a friend who is selling me the Ram out his broken Laptop(he trod on it breaking the screen,never put laptops on the floor! lol!) They are 1 gb PC4200 but they are 533mhz as opposed to 400mhz? Would they still work on my laptop? Thanks!

07-15-2009, 06:12 PM	#2 (permalink)
wrench97 Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2008 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania Posts: 18,485 OS: Win7	Re: Ram compatbility for Laptop What brand and model is his laptop? Yours should be DDR2 PC4200 533Mhz. DDR 3200 is 400Mhz. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC4200 __________________ Power Supply and Selection

07-16-2009, 05:36 PM	#3 (permalink)
johnny09 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 58 OS: WinXPSP3/WinXP Prox64/Vista Ultimate SP2	Re: Ram compatbility for Laptop Hi! I don't have his laptop model\number on hand. I know for a fact it says on the sticker of the RAM i'm using at the moment it says PC2 4200s and i was told it was 400mhz but i'm beginning to think that person was wrong as there is nothing on the chip about mhz or DDR so i'd say my RAM i'm using is 533mhz so i won't have a prob! Would i have any probs installing 2gb modules compatibility wise? Cheers!

07-16-2009, 05:39 PM	#4 (permalink)
wrench97 Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2008 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania Posts: 18,485 OS: Win7	Re: Ram compatbility for Laptop Yes the 4150 can only have 1 gig per slot > http://www.crucial.com/store/listpar...velMate%204150 __________________ Power Supply and Selection

07-17-2009, 04:50 PM	#5 (permalink)
johnny09 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 58 OS: WinXPSP3/WinXP Prox64/Vista Ultimate SP2	Re: Ram compatbility for Laptop Hi! I just read up on RAM specs and i've got it now! PC3200 is 400mhz(400mhzx8 bits = 3200 and 533mhzx 8 bits = 4200 so PC4200 is 533mhz! So yes 533mhz will work! Thanks for the help!

07-17-2009, 04:56 PM	#6 (permalink)
wrench97 Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2008 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania Posts: 18,485 OS: Win7	Re: [SOLVED] Ram compatbility for Laptop 533Mhz will work at 1Gig per slot. __________________ Power Supply and Selection