memory upgrades....

[rubberman]

My HP laptop takes PC2100 200pin SODIMM memory. Will PC2700 memory work on it too?

[Soopafresh]

A Qualified "Yes". It'll be easier to find as well.

[rubberman]

im finding some damn good prices on ebay for both the pc2100 and 2700.

[rubberman]

right now i have a stick of PC2100 -256mb and a stick of PC2100 128mb. So would adding a stick of PC2700 256mb along with the PC2100 256mb hurt anything? I guess the PC2700 will only run the speed of the PC2100, correct?

Also is there brands to avoid? Im looking for Crucial, PNY, Kingston, Samsung so far.

[Soopafresh]

Stay away from PNY. Crucial is very good (made by Micron, I think)

I'd pull out all of the 2100 and bite the bullet and put in a single 512 2700.
Even though it won't run at 2700, it will have a better chance of running properly on your system. Laptop memory is a real crapshoot sometimes.

[rallynavvie]

Stay away from PNY. Crucial is very good (made by Micron, I think.

I wouldn't recommend the Crucial memory either, I've eaten 2GB (four 512MB sticks) of their ECC PC2100 in a matter of 4 months. Fortunately I did get my money back in the end but still spent a lot in shipping back for RMAs. Maybe their laptop stuff is better but I certainly won't buy from them again. I'd check here first and then look around for OCZ and Corsair stuff.

[ViRaL1]

Eaten as in died, or as in not compatible?

[rubberman]

heard of Infineon memory?

[rallynavvie]

Eaten, as in it worked for maybe 3-4 weeks, started throwing memory errors in its death throes, and then went out leaving only BIOS beeps for memory. I was running all Crucial at the time so no mismatches with memory brands (which I don't do if at all possible). Even the temporary Kingston stuff I put in there lasted longer than a couple months.

[ViRaL1]

I have Crucial ECC in my PowerEdge as well as some standard DDR in a couple of my systems. It's never given me any problems but obviously results vary. It's rare that I hear anything bad about Crucial though.

[zzyzzx]

I have some PNY memory that I've used for years. But then again, I don't overclock....

[ViRaL1]

Pansy!