NotebookForums.com › Forums › Notebook Manufacturers › Dell Forums › Dell Notebooks - General › Dell 700m memory slots
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:

Dell 700m memory slots

post #1 of 12
3/24/05 at 3:09pm
Thread Starter 
Hi
can anyone tell me wether both ram slots on 700m are accessible
cause i currently have 2 256Mb 2700 dimms
but wanted to put one 512 3200 dimm instead
my processor is P-M 1.6 G 725

So can anyone please tell me wether this can be done
Reply
Reply
post #2 of 12
3/24/05 at 5:06pm
One slot is in the bottom and is accessed by one screw and one slot is under the keyboard. The dell support site has a diagram about how to access the one under the keyboard. Let me know if you need more help with it.

(PS if you don't mind, could you tell me if your battery time remaining estimate changes when you change the brightness of your 700m? Mine doesn't and I'm worried I might have a broken current sensor.)
Reply
Reply
post #3 of 12
3/24/05 at 5:10pm
PPS, the link is here:
http://support.dell.com/support/edoc....htm#wp1108224

Under 'Installing An Upper Memory Module'

Good luck!
youngfiles
Reply
Reply
post #4 of 12
3/24/05 at 5:18pm
you do know that if putting in a 3200 ram into the 700m it'll still run at 2700
Reply
Reply
post #5 of 12
3/24/05 at 9:07pm
Xarthan, will it actually run at 2700? My understanding was that the 855gme chipset will run at 2100 but that somehow the video card could use the shared portion of the ram at 2700. Do you know what this means? (I read this at the intel.com centrino chipsets page)

thanks!
Reply
Reply
post #6 of 12
3/24/05 at 11:13pm
well from what i remember, correct me if i'm wrong... 2700 = 333mhz and 2100=266mhz and the 700m runs at 333mhz
Reply
Reply
post #7 of 12
3/25/05 at 3:04pm
Thread Starter 
thank you for the link will try it out
but have one question. if i change the upper module would it void my warranty
also i correct me if i a wrong, the P-M 1.6 725 has 400MHz FSB right?
so i can use PC3200 (400Mhz) memory right?
Reply
Reply
post #8 of 12
3/25/05 at 3:10pm
Thread Starter 
check this about the processor
http://www.intel.com/products/proces...er/info.htm#pm
Reply
Reply
post #9 of 12
3/25/05 at 3:13pm
Thread Starter 
youngfiles
i tried increasing the screen brightness but it did not have any effect on the battery estimate
Reply
Reply
post #10 of 12
3/25/05 at 5:08pm
Your front side bus question is a good one.
The old days of the 845/865/875 desktops with their 266/333/400 mhz ram and the new chipsets with the 400/533 mhz buses aren't the same.
The 700 has a 400 bus which translates to a pc2700/333 mhz speed max and the 533 bus in the new I6000 etc takes the ddr2533 ram.
Reply
Reply
post #11 of 12
4/1/05 at 1:43am
Who has done this-it looks like alot of work for the uncomfortable with new tasks type of people.
Also, if ordered with 256 is the installed ram under the keyboard or easily accessible from the slot cover?
Reply
Reply
post #12 of 12
4/14/05 at 12:07am
DDR400 (aka PC3200) RAM in the 700m will only run at DDR333 (PC2700) but it may run at a lower latency (CL 2.0 vs CL 2.5) which is a good thing.

Get the DDR400 if it costs the same or almost the same as DDR333.
Reply
Reply
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:
  Return Home
  Back to Forum: Dell Notebooks - General
NotebookForums.com › Forums › Notebook Manufacturers › Dell Forums › Dell Notebooks - General › Dell 700m memory slots