Just making sure ... Laptop RAM

[pturula]

My girlfriends laptop "Toshiba Satellite P35" series...
has been shutting down alot lately, it lasts 5 minutes max and then it shuts off.
At first naturally i thought it was an overheating problem but that wasnt it,
i ran the laptop in really really cool conditions and it crapped out just as often.
Coincidentally my little bro had the same problem with his PC and with him it turned out
to be a bad ram chip, so once i replaced the ram it all works just fine and dandy.

i went to the ever so overpriced bestbuy and looked around the closest thing i found was $148 which is completely too pricey for such outdated RAM. Either way ...

my problem is i've never bought Laptop Parts b4, here is the info i got off the RAM chip

PC2700S-25330 512MB DDR 333MHz CL2.5

here is what i found on newegg...

PNY 1GB 200-Pin DDR SO-DIMM DDR 333 (PC 2700) Notebook Memory

I dont care what size as long as its 512+ but i just want to make sure this will work.
and that its cheap enough to be worth getting...

Thanks

 

[Old Hippie]

Looks fine.

Still sounds like an overheating problem tho.

Fans running? Cool air being exhausted? Try the old "blow it out with canned air trick"?

IIRC, P35s were pretty big, hot running units?

 

[pturula]

It definatelly is a big laptop, its the 17" widescreen one too...
if the ram replacement doesnt fix it worse case scenario she will have extra RAM lol...
then ill go back to assuming its overheating,

whats the "blow it out with canned air trick" ?

Thanks

 

[CitizenSnips]

Originally posted by: pturula
It definatelly is a big laptop, its the 17" widescreen one too...
if the ram replacement doesnt fix it worse case scenario she will have extra RAM lol...
then ill go back to assuming its overheating,

whats the "blow it out with canned air trick" ?

Thanks

I don't know if it's the specific trick Hippie's thinking of, but I know my Dell XPS laptop eats dust, even with as much as I try to keep it free from it. Periodically you'll want to take the laptop when it's off, find where the fan intakes are, and blow a good amount of canned air through them. Just watch out, expect to have a sizable cloud of dust to blow out from the exhaust ports. Blow the canned air through all the ducts until you don't see any more dust clouds shooting out.

 

[pturula]

Hahahah that sounds like lots of fun ! thanks!

 

[Old Hippie]

Periodically you'll want to take the laptop when it's off, find where the fan intakes are, and blow a good amount of canned air through them

That'd be the trick! :thumbsup:

You should have a healthy stream of hot air comming outta that thing. At one time, I only used laptops, and IIRC, some P35s were very prone to an overheating problem. Join Notebook Review, and do a search for your specific model.