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Jul 23, 2006 | 05:49 PM

HMTguy

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Laptop RAM question

Can I use PC133 RAM in a powerbook that originally came with PC100?

Jul 23, 2006 | 05:57 PM

b16sellout

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Re: Laptop RAM question

No probably not

Jul 23, 2006 | 05:58 PM

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It's an older powerbook g4, first gen so that's why it uses PC100. Anybody know for sure?

Jul 23, 2006 | 06:01 PM

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i did it before in a desktop.. but not a laptop..

also.. i heard its not good to mix and match.. u should have either all pc100 or 133

Jul 23, 2006 | 06:13 PM

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As long as they have the same pins, I'm almost certain you can. The PC133 ram will just run at PC100 speeds. Thats how it works on desktop motherboards.

Jul 23, 2006 | 06:24 PM

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all ram should be backward compatible as long as it the same pins. EX PC3100 will work in a PC2100 machine

this is what i was told by the guy i bought my RAM from

Jul 23, 2006 | 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by ryan89crx

all ram should be backward compatible as long as it the same pins. EX PC3100 will work in a PC2100 machine

this is what i was told by the guy i bought my RAM from

what does backwards compatible mean?

ive put ram into a laptop and a desktop before where all the pins matched up but the memory wasnt recognized..

Jul 23, 2006 | 07:55 PM

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Backwards compatible means that the newer faster memory can still be used in older machines.

Jul 23, 2006 | 09:55 PM

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Try it, might work fine, might crap out on ya. We have shitty computers and work and some of them sure don't like pc2700 RAM. Were ordering some pc2100, which should fix the problem.

Jul 24, 2006 | 12:02 AM

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Ive been told it works in most cases. But I haven't tried it yet. I bought an older laptop off of ebay to tune my car with and as soon as it gets here I need to upgrade the memory. I asked my computer nerd friend the same question and he said this pc133 memory will work on a pc100 laptop board.

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