CAPTAIN SLINKY SLINKALERT GOING OUT TO ALL ACTIVE SLINKATEERS

[captain_slinky]

HELP! I want to upgrade my brother's memory on The Dell Laptop You See Listed At This Link, but I have no idea which one to buy! It's gonna come with 1.0GB, DDR2-533 SDRAM, 2 DIMMS (probably 2 512MB sticks), I'd like to upgrade him to 2GB. Unfortunatley, that's all I've got... "1.0GB, DDR2-533 SDRAM, 2 DIMMS". If anybody can help out their beloved Cap'n here by showing me the lowest-priced way of doing this, I'd be much abliged!

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[nani-ka.livejournal.com]

Hm. Link goes to a page that wants you to log in.

Although, for DDR2-533 ram, 1 gig sticks appear to go for around $100 each - at least at newegg. You may want to check & see (or post a link that doesn't require a login... pleeze?) whether it IS 2 - 512 sticks in there, 'cause if its one 1-gig stick you're golden. Also, need to see what the max capacity of the motherboard is, just in case.

[nani-ka.livejournal.com]

er...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Category=17&N=2010170381+1309221133+1309121113&Submit=ENE&SubCategory=381

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

Actual computers he has to choose from are at http://www.dell.com/snapon

Only difference between the two models (as far as I have seen) is that on has a larger screen.

I don't want to have Dell make him pay $140 for an extra gig of ram when I can easily do it for him for $100, ya know what I'm sayin'?

[nani-ka.livejournal.com]

Get the one that's the extra $9.30 - the ddr2-667? Not because of any kind of techno-snobbery but because its 1 stick of 1 gig memory. Thus, when you go & spring for the 2nd stick (which, newegg has sitting around $99 per ALSO) you just snap it in.

Whereas, if you go with the 2 512 sticks of ddr533, you have to spend $200 to go to 2 gigs 'cause you'll have to pull out both 512's to make room. Which, you may not be able to recoup enough to make it worth it EVEN THOUGH you are a naughty vampire ebay god.

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

Okay, good advice... but WHICH ONE on NewEgg.com and I going to want to buy? The specs for the laptop say nothing of how many pins!

[nani-ka.livejournal.com]

Fortunately for people like me... and you, I guess, all the ddr2-667 is 200 pin. No need to worry about that crap, 'cause its all one standard unlike PC memory...