Is it possible to use pc5300 ram in a laptop designed for pc2700 ddr ram?
Actually the first person who said that it wouldn't fit was
correct. It may have the same amount of pins but the size of the
card is slightly different. I tried it!
No, pc5300 has more pins and won't fit.
The above answer is incorrect. Both are 200 pin pieces. I dont
know if the 5300 memory will work but the pin count is the
same.
Why would you want to ??? The faster Memory module PC5300 will
clock down to the lower speed of the bus for the PC2700 . You are
spending money for nothing. PLUS if you have issues and need tech
support - they won't talk to you until you reinstall the PC2700 as
they won't support memory not designed for the unit. All in all - a
BAD idea.
Both notebook DDR and DDR2 come as 200 pin chips. (unlike
desktop ram where DDR has 180 and DDR2 has 240 pins). DDR2 was not
designed to be backwards compatible with DDR. I want to know if the
mobo will recongnize the difference, or if the slot in the ram is a
different place. The reason you would want to buy DDR2 over DDR is
A: faster. B: a 1 stick gig DDR PC 2700 ram costs about twice as
much a 1 gig stick of DDR PC 5300 would.