Laptop memory question


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Bairns laptop memory is causing the laptop to crash. I've put in the memory from my laptop to prove it is that.

Question is... HP Pavillion DV6 2030sa when I bought it came with DDR2 PC2-6400 666 2Gb 200 pin modules X2, but advert when I bought it claims it can use DDR3. The only DDR3 RAM I can see are 204 pin type. Are these cross compatible despite the difference in pin size?

I have my doubts, but I was wrong once.
 
Bairns laptop memory is causing the laptop to crash. I've put in the memory from my laptop to prove it is that.

Question is... HP Pavillion DV6 2030sa when I bought it came with DDR2 PC2-6400 666 2Gb 200 pin modules X2, but advert when I bought it claims it can use DDR3. The only DDR3 RAM I can see are 204 pin type. Are these cross compatible despite the difference in pin size?

I have my doubts, but I was wrong once.

I've got no idea but I don't think it'll work, hope this helps
 
You sure the DDR3 isn't dedicated (ie. on the PCB, not accessible to you) video memory (Sideport)?
 
Advert says 4Gb RAM installed upgradable to max 8Gb DDR3

I just googled it and some say it's really DDR2. But I think it does have DDF3 sideport memory inside, so that might be the source of the confusion.

If it supported both DDR2 and DDR3 for general RAM, there'd have to be two different slots to put them in, as they are physically and electrically different. Some motherboards are like that, but I'd be surprised if a laptop was.
 
I just googled it and some say it's really DDR2. But I think it does have DDF3 sideport memory inside, so that might be the source of the confusion.

If it supported both DDR2 and DDR3 for general RAM, there'd have to be two different slots to put them in, as they are physically and electrically different. Some motherboards are like that, but I'd be surprised if a laptop was.

I think the advert was miss-leading :evil:
 
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