Notebook RAM?

Last edited by ChrisMG on Fri Jan 27, 2006 2:10 pm; edited 1 time in total

Guys, I'm in a quandry.

Picked up an HP DV5000Z notebook and I'm looking to buy aftermarket ram since HP marks up their ram steep.  The only problem I'm runinng into is this notebook ram is confusing me.

This is the RAM the DV5000Z uses:
http://www.memoryx.net/hepapanodvme501.html

Now, what I want to know is, would this work?:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16820145068

If so, that's about the cheapest I can find 1G (at least a name brand).  But I'm stuck wondering if the OEM will cause any problems?  I'm not swift on notebook RAM, help?

Also, I'm only going to put 1G in there, better to use two 512 or one 1G?  I won't be upgrading the ram anytime soon and the 512's would be able to run dual channel.  Ideas?

On that memoryx site, it lists PC2700 as compatible ram for the dv5000z, but on crucial's website, it lists PC3200.  Confused? Yep.  So which is it? PC2700 or PC3200 or both?

http://www.crucial.com/search/srchrslt.asp...eywords=dv5000z

Well i can help you with part i think the RAM should fit good and i would buy 2 512 sticks(i think its better).

Well, since I've called HP and I talked to some barely english speaking guy, he had no idea what information I wanted, I called Crucial and they told me that they can only guarantee that the PC3200 is compatible.

Mm, slightly disappointed with HP product support because I had to keep asking the guy \"I'm sorry, I didn't understand what you said\". I managed to make out something about \"if you will give me your serial number (and I already told him that I don't even have the notebook yet) then we can try to help you.\"

So I guess I'm to understand that this guy, who works for HP, has absolutely no idea what kind of RAM that my notebook uses. Lovely.

I'm going to guess that it uses both, but the PC3200 is probably backwards compatible, meaning I won't get the full effect of the DDR400, so I might as well just get the PC2700.

Well yea that always happens to me when i cal customer service it pisses me off sometimes and yes it is better to be safe than sorry.

Either 3200 or 2700 should work. It may run slightly faster w/ the 3200, and it should stay cooler if it doesn't. Unless there is more than $5-10 between the two, get the faster stuff.

Eh, there is a bit of difference in the price. Not too bad.

So you're saying that the 3200 should actually run cooler?

I bought an Antec aluminum notebook cooler pad too. It has two 60mm fans that run off the USB.

HP's part site lists no less than 7 different subtypes for the zv5000 series (HP model numbers DP299AV, DP299AVR, DP523AV, DP523AVR, DW369AV, PN306AV, and PN307AV), so that might be whats causing you some confusion. Which one yours is will be listed on a sticker on the bottom. Tell us that, and we can look it up with more precision.

The 3200 *might* run cooler because if its running at 2700, its underclocked.

Last edited by ChrisMG on Sat Jan 28, 2006 12:51 pm; edited 1 time in total

Drew, don't have the laptop yet so I can't take a look at the memory. Won't be here for another week minimum. The best I can do at this point is throw this out: EE393AV. That's the product number they gave me for the notebook.

I purposely got it with only 256mb because of the massive price hike with anything more than that.

Where did you find that parts list? I've looked for it but have yet to come across it. Can you paste it?

Went ahead and ordered a gig of Crucial PC3200 200-pin DDR400.

Crucial guaranteed that they would work, I'll take their word for it.

Was just over $100, so not bad at all. Now to just get the laptop in and put it in. I guess I'll have to remove the keyboard to get both dimms in, which will probably void the warranty. Fun times.

Thanks for the help guys.