Mixing Laptop RAM

[nate39]

My son has a Gateway laptop with, I think, one stick of Gateway 4300 pc RAM. It has a Centrino cpu. If he buys another stick, will it work with whatever is in there now and still give him a noticable boost in performance? As long as it is good quality? thanks

 

[howard_hopkinso]

Mixing ram is always a bit hit and miss.

If your son gets different ram it may work ok, on the other hand it could possibly cause problems.

In my opinion, it would be better if your son could get exactly the same ram as he has at the moment. This should help to avoid any compatibility issues.

Regards Howard

 

[Tedster]

https://www.techspot.com/vb/topic47210.html

 

[nate39]

thanks, I know this and would never mix ram with my computer, but since this is a intel laptop, I didn't know how much it mattered. I will pass it on, thanks

 

[Tedster]

intel or amd, basic computing principles never change.

 

[CrossFire851]

I THINK would be pc 2700 Samsung.
Try Gateway Memmory locator, it will tell you what type of ram it can take
http://search.support.gateway.com/iphrase/query?attr1=&attr2=&command=text&text=memmory+locator
USE the first link.


If it is PC 2700 I have a 1gb of it (from my past Gateway laptop) I'll sell you on ebay for $50 (plus the cost of shipping) if you are interested. Almost brand new!!

 

[nate39]

thanks, but it is 4300, he just bought some OCZ 512 on newegg, my suggestion. I checked his ram speed with cpuz, the fsb is 99! So I don't think it matters what he puts in it. It is a celeron, not a centrino.