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I would like to increase memory for my old dell inspiron 6000 and put it to the max, 2 x 1 Gb.From the specs review on cnet.com I see that I have :
DDR2 SDRAM
SODIMM 200 pin
PC2-3200 / 400 Mhz
On crucial.com I can find what I want, but only :
PC2-6400 / 800 Mhz CL6
PC2-5300 / 667 Mhz CL5
Compatibility is guaranteed as they say and they no more propose DDR2 @ 400 Mhz. Questions are :
Do you think I can upgrade with one of those ?
Or is the frontside bus speed determinant (533 Mhz) ?
1Are you sure the ones you found would even work in your laptop? If your laptop uses DDR2-400, it might not support RAM modules that are much faster, like DDR2-667 or 800. DDR2-533 should work, downclocking to the next lower standard is usually not a problem. – Indrek – 2013-03-10T12:47:51.633
well i am a bit surprised too, but this is what they propose on crucial.com, and apparently it is "Guaranteed-compatible with the Dell Inspiron 6000" – riimzzai – 2013-03-10T12:50:16.130
I'm not very familiar with Dell Inspirons, but I wouldn't be surprised if there have been multiple revisions of that model. You should check out what type of RAM your laptop actually uses, rather than relying on specs from a review that may or may not be accurate. Download something like CPU-Z or HWM Blackbox and see what they report.
– Indrek – 2013-03-10T16:03:57.007