I have an HP laptop that came wit DDR 2700 RAM. I went to purchase and install a 1G ddr ram chip. The notch on the RAM board was off by about 1mm. I was told by the Geek Squad that the reason was because my laptop has 2700 chip and the one I bough was PC5300 . Is this true or was the chip defective?
Thanks
2007-03-12 06:05:39 · 5 answers · asked by me 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
You bought the wrong type of RAM.
2007-03-12 06:08:46 · answer #1 · answered by whodeyflya 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The PC5300 has 200 pins (or connections) and the 2700 has 184 pins. So no, they aren't compatible.
If you do indeed have a 2700, you might just have to flip it over to make the pins align.
2007-03-12 13:12:29 · answer #2 · answered by VirtualElvis 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
PC4200 and above are refered as DDR2 and uses different structure. You need to buy PC2700 or PC3200 for your laptop.
2007-03-12 13:18:13 · answer #3 · answered by rockvee 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It true. You brought the wrong type of RAM.
2007-03-12 13:13:02 · answer #4 · answered by Joe 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi. Your new RAM is DDR2, I think, and not compatible.
2007-03-12 13:13:46 · answer #5 · answered by Cirric 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋