Conflicting Advice re: memory upgrades for VGC-V2M..help!!

[mibrads71]

Hi

I have a sony viao VGC-V2M.

It has 512mb of RAM (DDR400)

Intel R 4 CPU 2.99 GHz

I wish to upgrade memory but get conflicting advice from websites.

Can I:

1. Go to 2 GB as per stated by Crucial.com (using DDR 3200)

or

2. Do I have to stick with 1GB as stated by Offtek?

Finally I go the 1GB route do I have to buy a 'matched pair' of 512mb modules? This seems to be a requirement because of something called 'dual mode' which I do not have a clue means!

Thank you

Mike

[Thalamus. · Accepted solution]

Hi Mike,

welcome to Questions & Answers..:smileyhappy:

According to the Sony Specifications for VGC-V2M your vaio supports a maximum of 1GB of RAM..

I wouldn't recommend exceeding the maximum supported RAM but if you decide to take the risk, Crucial do offer a money back guarantee & looking through the reviews on the Crucial site it seems others have succesfully installed 2GB however the choice to install more than the recommended 1GB would have to be yours..

[mibrads71]

Hi

Thank you for the prompt answer.

I will probably not exceed the spec. due to probability of trashing the machine.

Regards

Mike

[Thalamus.]

You're welcome Mike..