Upgrading RAM

[willy123]

hi, I am considering upgrading my ram from 512 to 1gig and was wondering if I have to use sony's more expensive RAM modules or if there's a cheaper compatible option. My notebook is fs215b

Thanks

[robpaxton]

Checkout Crucial - highly recommended by everyone . . . .

[Eugenepang]

Checkout Crucial - highly recommended by everyone . . . .

Yup.. i bought 2x1G ram and 1G SD card from them and its cheap..

[willy123]

Hi, buying non-official sony ram won't make my guarentee void will it? Also, where can I get it installedand how much will it cost, or is it easyenough to do myself with instructions. thanks:smileyconfused:

[rich912]

Changing/adding memory to your note book is a fairly straight forward process and your on-line user guide has details of how to go about it. Click me.
With regard to the warranty issue, I believe that you lose support not your guarantee by changing the memory. Just keep the old modules and put them back in if you ever need to send your notebook off to Sony.
Be aware that your existing memory may be two 256Mb chips thus you will need to buy two 512Mb modules.

[seb21__]

Hi, buying non-official sony ram won't make my guarentee void will it?  Also, where can I get it installedand how much will it cost, or is it easyenough to do myself with instructions. thanks:smileyconfused:

ROFLMFAO show me one VAIO which came with preinstalled SonyRam, and I donate 1 EuroCent for Apple, in hope that they keep theirs current CPU manufacturer and don't overflow to Intel.:smileyshocked:

[willy123]

I heard about VRAM and WRAM, is there a resource like crucial that will tell about that. Are they widely available and how much more do they cost.

[rich912]

VRAM and WRAM are graphics memory not system memory.

[seb21__]

VRAM is the video Ram. The Graphic Card in a PC has VRAM. But some share the Ram with slow Work Ram which is for the system (Windows and any other aplications). You can't uprade VRam. But you can upgrade WRam.

Keep this words. Alot older VAIOs uses a shared memory graphic card. Some of them are able to use 128MB of the WRam. But they are to slow to use this Ram. One example is the Radeon 345M (32MB, 64MB and 128MB). but 32MB is still the best for this craphic card.

[willy123]

yep :smileyblush: as soon as I finished the post I read up on it and realised :smileyblush: