Will this memory work with this laptop?

[isasir]

My friend has a Sony VAIO PCG-F520. THe only memory that fits according to Crucial is this one. Would this one from newegg work? It's PC-133, but assuming it's like desktops, that shouldn't be an issue, should it?

 

[cheesehead]

It should'nt be a problem at all-my ibook, which needed PC100, ran happily with a stick of PC133.
However, the CAS latency on this RAM is 3, not 2. I would check the owners' manual, or call Sony to check on this, as in this case it's not so much of a performance issue as an issue of having the computer not recognize it. (Macs tend not to be able to use anything other than CL3, which is rare because most chips today run at CL2.5 or CL2).
Good luck!-you're going to need it.

 

[isasir]

Thanks. Interestingly enough, I called Crucial and according to the manual (which I don't have), it specifically says "PC100 memory only". The tech and I were still wondering if that was due to bios limitations (of which potentially a newer bios corrected this problem) or something else. I'd may need to fork over the extra $25 or so tho' for PC100 it's looking like.