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5680 memory upgrade? where to buy?

post #1 of 39
8/4/04 at 5:59am
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I currently have two sticks of 256MB PC3200 Apacer DDR400 in my 5680. i kinda want 1gigs of ram now. where can i find cheap and reliable sticks of 512mb ddr400 for dual channeling and works fine in the 5680?

are kingstons good at newegg? the kingstons are about $100 a piece at newegg and are ddr400. but i'm not sure if they will dual-channel. how do u know if it will dual-channel ?

anyone got any recommendations?
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post #2 of 39
8/4/04 at 11:07am
The problem with notebook memory upgrades (Especially Sagers), is that you can find and buy the memory from almost anywhere; however, getting it matched to the unit and working is another question.
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post #3 of 39
8/4/04 at 11:57am
The Sager site sells them under "Accessories" ... IF you wanna drop $355! I am in the exact same situation as you! I really want 1 gig.
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post #4 of 39
8/4/04 at 1:33pm
Do a search as there were a few happy (they worked) and a few unhappy (they didn't work) people that bought memory for their Sagers from secondary sources.
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post #5 of 39
8/4/04 at 2:55pm
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...roperty&DEPA=0

Corsair memory bout half way down $110 per 512MB stick.
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post #6 of 39
8/4/04 at 3:01pm
Link doesn't work.
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post #7 of 39
8/4/04 at 3:03pm
If someone knows of some 512 sticks that will work with the 5680 PLEASE post, i wanna upgrade, but can't shell out the 355 for Sagers
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post #8 of 39
8/4/04 at 3:30pm
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Originally Posted by G-Omaha
Link doesn't work.
Doh sorry forgot that newegg doesnt let you cut and paste links - basically go to notebooks - then memory then search for pc3200 512MB stuff.
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post #9 of 39
8/4/04 at 3:37pm
Bratag any idea if that works in the 5680?
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post #10 of 39
8/4/04 at 3:38pm
Bratag, did you actually buy one and install it?
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post #11 of 39
8/4/04 at 3:40pm
No I bought the Geil memory - I believe GEIL and one other brand are what Sager use. Anyway I had no issues with the GEIL. However corsair memory is good stuff and I have never had an issue with it anywhere else.

Another place to check is 18004memory. They actually sell a kit for the Alienware laptops 1GB (2x512) for like $190.
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post #12 of 39
8/4/04 at 3:49pm
anyone got a link for working ram, preferably a little cheappp?
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post #13 of 39
8/4/04 at 4:05pm
Ok using the search button available to this forum I did some research and discovered kingmax is pretty well accepted and seems to work cool and very well.

Here is your link

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...155-119&depa=0
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post #14 of 39
8/4/04 at 4:16pm
Y'all might want to check this out first!

http://notebookforums.com/showthread...hlight=corsair

Warden had a bad experience upgrading memory.
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post #15 of 39
8/4/04 at 4:20pm
Hey Bratag I looked too and didn't find anyone recommending that Kingmax for the 5680, but wow it would be awesome if it would work, its only $97 per dimm!! If I can talk to someone who actually has it running, i'm going for it.
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post #16 of 39
8/4/04 at 4:26pm
If you read the reviews on the newegg site about the kingmax it appears the problem with corsair/Geil can be the CL 3 whereas the kingmax has 2.5. I didnt have any issues with the GEIL - but if I was going for ram now I would get the kingmax.
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post #17 of 39
8/4/04 at 4:46pm
sorry to keep posting, i was wondering if the posts you found on these forms happened to mention it working specifically with a 5680?
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post #18 of 39
8/4/04 at 5:05pm
Well there were about 300 posts - I didnt read em all. A lot of the posts I found suggest that Sager uses Apacer and Kingmax as the two types of memory they install.
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post #19 of 39
8/4/04 at 10:50pm
I just wrote Sager an email and asked if someone could look at this link that you gave me Bratag http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...155-119&depa=0 and tell me if the specs looked correct. Obviously they can't endorse it, but they could tell me if the specs were appropriate, then I'll take the risk and buy. I called PC Torque also, they said it sounded like it would definately work when I read them the specs.
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post #20 of 39
8/15/04 at 12:42am
Definately didn't work at all
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