topic Re: 2GB RAM upgrade for FS215S-Possible? in PCs & Accessories

2GB RAM upgrade for FS215S-Possible?

JS_Bach — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 12:45:26 GMT

Hi all,

I have a Sony Vaio VGN-FS215S which initially had 2x256MB of RAM and I upgraded it after I purchased it to 1GB(2x512).

Now I want to upgrade it to 2GB's of Kingston RAM (DDR 2x1GB) but I am not sure whether my laptop will be compatible with that. If I am not mistaken in the specs it says that it is compatible with 1GB of RAM.

Has anyone tested it?Is it likely to work with 2gbs of RAM?

Thanx in advance!

Re: 2GB RAM upgrade for FS215S-Possible?

Thalamus. — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 13:00:02 GMT

Hi JS_Bach

According to the specs your FS215S is upgradeable to a maximum of 1 GB of RAM only...

Re: 2GB RAM upgrade for FS215S-Possible?

rich912 — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 13:01:50 GMT

Hi JS_Bach,

Unfortunately the architecture of your model only supports 1024MB of RAM max.

If you install more than this then the chances are that it will not be recognised, or worse still you could damage the motherboard

Re: 2GB RAM upgrade for FS215S-Possible?

loudchris53 — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 13:02:48 GMT

Hi im pretty sure that the ram sensors in your fs are only capable of reading 512 mb each so 1gb will be as much as you can put in, i reccomend that if possible you upgrade the speed of the ram this makes it seem like upgrading ram because it makes the memory accesable more quickly

Chris

Re: 2GB RAM upgrade for FS215S-Possible?

rich912 — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 13:14:50 GMT

i reccomend that if possible you upgrade the speed of the ram this makes it seem like upgrading ram because it makes the memory accesable more quickly

Just to clarify...

As DDR memory is backwardly compatible you can indeed use a faster module. However, faster memory will not necessarily make your system faster if other components (CPU) operate at a lower speed.

Re: 2GB RAM upgrade for FS215S-Possible?

JS_Bach — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 16:54:38 GMT

Thank you guys!

I guess I am staying with what I have in the end of the day

Re: 2GB RAM upgrade for FS215S-Possible?

rich912 — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 18:18:16 GMT

I guess I am staying with what I have in the end of the day

Makes sense to me

Re: 2GB RAM upgrade for FS215S-Possible?

Sebby — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 18:41:37 GMT

As others have mentioned, the FS215S is limited to 1GB. Why do you want to install 2GB? Is it for Vista?

Re: 2GB RAM upgrade for FS215S-Possible?

Thalamus. — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 13:02:31 GMT

Thank you guys!

You're welcome..