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Kerberos
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Mon Dec 20, 2004 6:06 pm Post subject:
Maximum RAM reached - How to upgrade? |
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I have a Sony VAIO laptop, and I have reached the maximum RAM. I can't add
more.
I have free PCMCIA slots, I have a free USB entry, and also a free i.Link
(Firewire) plug.
Is there a way that I could add more RAM using another technology (for
instance through a 512MB USB key, or a Firewire device that I never heard
of, that could be used a a RAM module)?
Thanks,
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Glitch
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Mon Dec 20, 2004 8:20 pm Post subject:
Re: Maximum RAM reached - How to upgrade? |
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Kerberos wrote:
| Quote: | I have a Sony VAIO laptop, and I have reached the maximum RAM. I can't
add more.
I have free PCMCIA slots, I have a free USB entry, and also a free
i.Link (Firewire) plug.
Is there a way that I could add more RAM using another technology (for
instance through a 512MB USB key, or a Firewire device that I never
heard of, that could be used a a RAM module)?
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Nope,all the other interfaces in the computer have slower speeds and
can't be used as RAM.How much is the max in your case? |
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Mike Walsh
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Mon Dec 20, 2004 8:31 pm Post subject:
Re: Maximum RAM reached - How to upgrade? |
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Any RAM device that you add e.g. a USB key would have much slower access than system RAM. Any USB device is limited by the speed of the USB port, and flash memory is very slow as RAM goes anyway.
Kerberos wrote:
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I have a Sony VAIO laptop, and I have reached the maximum RAM. I can't add
more.
I have free PCMCIA slots, I have a free USB entry, and also a free i.Link
(Firewire) plug.
Is there a way that I could add more RAM using another technology (for
instance through a 512MB USB key, or a Firewire device that I never heard
of, that could be used a a RAM module)?
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kony
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Mon Dec 20, 2004 10:48 pm Post subject:
Re: Maximum RAM reached - How to upgrade? |
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On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 11:06:47 -0200, Kerberos
<me@privacy.net> wrote:
| Quote: | I have a Sony VAIO laptop, and I have reached the maximum RAM. I can't add
more.
I have free PCMCIA slots, I have a free USB entry, and also a free i.Link
(Firewire) plug.
Is there a way that I could add more RAM using another technology (for
instance through a 512MB USB key, or a Firewire device that I never heard
of, that could be used a a RAM module)?
Thanks,
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You can certainly plug in a USB memory device and have more
memory, but it's not going to be viable as a substitute for
main system memory, rather additional removable storage like
a hard drive. |
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Kerberos
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John Smithe
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Tue Dec 21, 2004 3:47 pm Post subject:
Re: Maximum RAM reached - How to upgrade? |
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Kerberos <me@privacy.net> wrote in news:opsjbrpzy0qi7syn@cinza.mshome.net:
| Quote: | Em Mon, 20 Dec 2004 16:20:46 +0100, Glitch <Glitch_120@yahoo.com> escreveu:
Nope,all the other interfaces in the computer have slower speeds and
can't be used as RAM.How much is the max in your case?
It is 256MB (bought the computer in 2000)
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256MB sounds awfully low for a maximum supported ram spec'. Did you fill the
slots or actually reach the max possible ram? Check your documentation. |
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Kerberos
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Tue Dec 21, 2004 7:24 pm Post subject:
Re: Maximum RAM reached - How to upgrade? |
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Em Tue, 21 Dec 2004 10:47:41 GMT, John Smithe <JS@Huh.Wha> escreveu:
| Quote: | Kerberos <me@privacy.net> wrote in
news:opsjbrpzy0qi7syn@cinza.mshome.net:
Em Mon, 20 Dec 2004 16:20:46 +0100, Glitch <Glitch_120@yahoo.com
escreveu:
Nope,all the other interfaces in the computer have slower speeds and
can't be used as RAM.How much is the max in your case?
It is 256MB (bought the computer in 2000)
256MB sounds awfully low for a maximum supported ram spec'. Did you fill
the
slots or actually reach the max possible ram? Check your documentation.
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It's what is written in the documentation. Back in 2000 it was the best
computer of the store. All other computers had less memory.
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kony
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Tue Dec 21, 2004 8:21 pm Post subject:
Re: Maximum RAM reached - How to upgrade? |
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On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 12:24:19 -0200, Kerberos
<me@privacy.net> wrote:
| Quote: | 256MB sounds awfully low for a maximum supported ram spec'. Did you fill
the
slots or actually reach the max possible ram? Check your documentation.
It's what is written in the documentation. Back in 2000 it was the best
computer of the store. All other computers had less memory.
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Is it possible the manual meant that 256MB was the maximum
memory possible per SODIMM slot, not the max total memory?
Or does it only have one slot? |
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Mac Cool
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Tue Dec 21, 2004 8:36 pm Post subject:
Re: Maximum RAM reached - How to upgrade? |
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Kerberos:
| Quote: | It's what is written in the documentation. Back in 2000 it was the
best computer of the store. All other computers had less memory.
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http://dougpile.com/computer/vaio/memory.html
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Pen
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Tue Dec 21, 2004 8:41 pm Post subject:
Re: Maximum RAM reached - How to upgrade? |
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Have you tried crucial.com to and checked your model
against their memory selector? That should give the definitive
answer.
"kony" <spam@spam.com> wrote in message
news:ppfgs0p1tjdojam4bu2dpm96cuovb2oa4r@4ax.com...
| Quote: | On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 12:24:19 -0200, Kerberos
me@privacy.net> wrote:
256MB sounds awfully low for a maximum supported ram spec'. Did you
fill
the
slots or actually reach the max possible ram? Check your
documentation.
It's what is written in the documentation. Back in 2000 it was the
best
computer of the store. All other computers had less memory.
Is it possible the manual meant that 256MB was the maximum
memory possible per SODIMM slot, not the max total memory?
Or does it only have one slot? |
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kony
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Tue Dec 21, 2004 11:04 pm Post subject:
Re: Maximum RAM reached - How to upgrade? |
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On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 15:36:53 GMT, Mac Cool <Mac@2cool.com>
wrote:
LOL,
"There have been tales of people both succeeding and failing
at adding more memory with various operating systems, but
Sony only promises...."
So they pretty much omitted the only useful info, exact
what/when it'd work.
If anyone got it to work, odds are pretty good everyone can,
given same motherboard revision or newer and same memory
tech, configuration logically. Then again, only PC100
memory and some intel chipset... shame the picture wasn't a
little higher res so we could see which chipset. |
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DaveW
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Wed Dec 22, 2004 5:24 am Post subject:
Re: Maximum RAM reached - How to upgrade? |
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No.
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General Schvantzkoph
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Wed Dec 22, 2004 6:20 am Post subject:
Re: Maximum RAM reached - How to upgrade? |
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On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 11:06:47 -0200, Kerberos wrote:
| Quote: | I have a Sony VAIO laptop, and I have reached the maximum RAM. I can't add
more.
I have free PCMCIA slots, I have a free USB entry, and also a free i.Link
(Firewire) plug.
Is there a way that I could add more RAM using another technology (for
instance through a 512MB USB key, or a Firewire device that I never heard
of, that could be used a a RAM module)?
Thanks,
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Time for a new laptop. |
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Mac Cool
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Wed Dec 22, 2004 11:47 am Post subject:
Re: Maximum RAM reached - How to upgrade? |
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kony:
| Quote: | Is it possible the manual meant that 256MB was the maximum
memory possible per SODIMM slot, not the max total memory?
Or does it only have one slot?
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The VAIOs from a few years back were limited to 256MB total. Don't know
why, it was marginal then.
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