This model Inspiron, which i got from a friend, takes a max of 256MB SDRAM (SoDIMM of course) over 2 dimm's. Now...what is in there now is a PC66 64MB stick which works fine. When one does a memory search at Crucial, PNY or Kingston, PC100 and PC66 are recommended upgrades (128MB max per stick of course). Now, i just bought PC133 SDRAM, PNY brand, from compusa. It was the cheapest around. $35 128MB stick + $10 Conexant Power Strip + $5 Siemens NIC + $2 Memorex Mouse - $10off$50coupon - $20 PNY MIR - $10 connexant MIR - $5 siemens MIR - $2 memorex MIR = $5 not including tax...i bought 2 of them to theoretically max out the RAM. The problem is if i open them and they dont work, i have to pay a stupid 15% restock charge of like $5. SO im wondering if these sticks will work, and if possible anyone has experience with this particular laptop, or can direct me somewhere that will tell me if this will work.
On a side note, my cousins friend had me fix her laptop. I added 256MB PC133 stick of ram to it (512MB max over 2 dimms). The current one that was in there was a 64MB PC100 stick. Crucial and Kingston told me to get PC100. And at circuit city the stick i ended up getting said it was NOT backwards compatable with PC100. I put it in and it worked fine contrary to what everyone was telling me.
On a side note, my cousins friend had me fix her laptop. I added 256MB PC133 stick of ram to it (512MB max over 2 dimms). The current one that was in there was a 64MB PC100 stick. Crucial and Kingston told me to get PC100. And at circuit city the stick i ended up getting said it was NOT backwards compatable with PC100. I put it in and it worked fine contrary to what everyone was telling me.
