emachines laptop

[Mike Larkin]

I got the same answer from eMachines, but what they don't tell you is 
that one of the RAM slots is completely inaccessible to end users.

-ml


Gene C. wrote:

>On Monday 26 January 2004 21:11, Mike Larkin wrote:
>  
>
>>Still looking for the second dimm slot.. So far, I've only found 1,
>>which means that the max would be 1.25GB.. The door on the bottom of the
>>laptop only exposes a single slot.
>>    
>>
>
>After I posted my message, I queried tech support at eMachines.  Here was 
>their reply:
>
>The Motherboard (Arima W720-K8) of the system can support up to 2048 MB PC2700 
>SO-DIMM DDR RAM (1024 MB per slot).
>
>These are the specifications:
>Number of RAM Slots:    2
>Total RAM Capacity:     2048 MB
>RAM Stick Size Limit:   1024 MB
>
>RAM Type:               PC2700 SO-DIMM DDR RAM
>Bus Speed:              166 MHz
>Number of Pins: 
>
>Please note: on ALL DDR memory the memory is running at a base rate, in this 
>case 166MHz. Being Double Data Rate memory however gives it a "virtual speed" 
>of 333MHz (166MHz X 2 = 333DDR). As long as the memory complies with the 
>PC2700 SO-DIMM specifications, it should work.
>  
>