my laptop accepts DDR2-533 PC2-4200. I want to transfer one 256MB RAM from my desktop computer to my laptop.. is it possible?
2007-01-18 06:37:57 · 12 answers · asked by cyborg_reaper911 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
Laptop RAM is historically much, much smaller. Also the pins are different most of the time so that they can sit at odd angles, or completely horizontally. So I would say with 99.99% positivity that you cannot do that. Go to crucial.com and look up what ram your desktop takes and compare it to what your laptop takes.
2007-01-18 06:40:49 · answer #1 · answered by John K 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because the inside of a laptop is so much smaller than the inside of a desktop, the memory for a laptop is much smaller (usually around an 1 1/2 in lenght), while the memory for a dektop is about six inches long. You would not be able to physical fit the memory from one into the other.
2007-01-18 06:41:07 · answer #2 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No this is not possible. Technically there is no difference but the difference is in the size. The laptop RAM is much smaller as compared to that of the desktop
2007-01-18 06:41:59 · answer #3 · answered by Er_Jatt (sonysukhi) 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the difference is in the motherboards and general constraint in the laptop. remember that alot of stuff has to fit in a small space for a laptop. therefore some parts have to be redisigned like the ram. so you can't interchange the 2.
2007-01-18 06:42:08 · answer #4 · answered by hussyman2003 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no u must be retarded (have u seen the size of ur labtop) its not gunna fit have u even seen inside ur computer that ram stick is about the same size as ur keyboard(up and down) oh and ram for desktop usually is clocked higher
2007-01-18 06:41:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
normally laptop RAM is smaller in size than desktop RAM
2007-01-18 06:40:39 · answer #6 · answered by myste 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no thats not possible because laptop ram is smaller because it has to fit into ur laptop...the difference is size, other than size nothing else except the name differs
2007-01-18 06:41:29 · answer #7 · answered by jon f 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They take different sizes. Laptops use SDRAM which is smaller in size
2016-05-24 04:00:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes. they are physically shaped differently. One will not fit in the other.
2007-01-18 06:40:02 · answer #9 · answered by thunder2sys 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is not possible since the two are different
2007-01-18 07:03:51 · answer #10 · answered by jean l 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋