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August 11th, 2004 23:00
Memory voltage - how important is this?
Hi all,
First, I apologize if I am posting this in the wrong forum, but I was unable to post this question in the Driverheavens Heaven, since I kept on getting "Not authorized..." error.
I am trying to upgrade the memory for my notebook (Dell Inspiron 9100) and the manual shows that the memory has a voltage rated at 2.5 volts.
The memory my notebook uses is a standard 200-PIN SODIMM PC3200 DDR, so I went to search on the net for such memory. I found lots of them, from Crucial, Kingston, and Corsair.
However, most of these memories have a voltage rated at 2.6 volts and above, sometimes at 3.3 volts.
I have searched the Internet to find out what exactly is the voltage rate used for, since I am wondering if I can use a higher voltage memory for my notebook. The reason I want to choose higher voltage is because it's cheaper.
i.e. Crucial is selling 512 MB 200-PIN SODIMM with 2.5 volts at $ 144. Corsair is selling the same one, with 2.6 volts, at $ 105.
If anybody know about this, please feel free to share. Thanks!
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System Specs
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Dell Inspiron 9100
P4 3.0 Ghz Hyper-Threading
800 Mhz FSB
512 MB of RAM (256 x 2 DDR PC3200)
ATI Radeon Mobility 9700 w/ 128 Mb RAM (Omega Driver 2.5.44)
60 GB HDD
Dell 802.11 b/g WLAN and Bluetooth TrueMobile
First, I apologize if I am posting this in the wrong forum, but I was unable to post this question in the Driverheavens Heaven, since I kept on getting "Not authorized..." error.
I am trying to upgrade the memory for my notebook (Dell Inspiron 9100) and the manual shows that the memory has a voltage rated at 2.5 volts.
The memory my notebook uses is a standard 200-PIN SODIMM PC3200 DDR, so I went to search on the net for such memory. I found lots of them, from Crucial, Kingston, and Corsair.
However, most of these memories have a voltage rated at 2.6 volts and above, sometimes at 3.3 volts.
I have searched the Internet to find out what exactly is the voltage rate used for, since I am wondering if I can use a higher voltage memory for my notebook. The reason I want to choose higher voltage is because it's cheaper.
i.e. Crucial is selling 512 MB 200-PIN SODIMM with 2.5 volts at $ 144. Corsair is selling the same one, with 2.6 volts, at $ 105.
If anybody know about this, please feel free to share. Thanks!
__________________
System Specs
==========
Dell Inspiron 9100
P4 3.0 Ghz Hyper-Threading
800 Mhz FSB
512 MB of RAM (256 x 2 DDR PC3200)
ATI Radeon Mobility 9700 w/ 128 Mb RAM (Omega Driver 2.5.44)
60 GB HDD
Dell 802.11 b/g WLAN and Bluetooth TrueMobile
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lanwarrior
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August 12th, 2004 08:00
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August 12th, 2004 19:00
lanwarrior
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August 13th, 2004 15:00
Yeah, but Crucial sell it at $ 144 for a 512 Mb piece. Thanks for the advise.
However, I found the answer to my questions. BTW, it seems that everyone who bought the 9100 doesn't upgrade the memory, since no one replied about this earlier. Strange...