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Upgrading old laptop

segasega · 2016-02-09 21:24:57

I recently acquired a Sony Vaio PCG-7183m laptop. I want to give it a new lease of life. I'm going to install an SSD, which should be straight forward enough. But I was wondering if I would be able to upgrade the RAM? I've had a look around and can't see if 4GB is the max I can install. Would anybody be able to tell me…

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09-02-2016 10:24pm

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segasega

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I recently acquired a Sony Vaio PCG-7183m laptop. I want to give it a new lease of life. I'm going to install an SSD, which should be straight forward enough.

But I was wondering if I would be able to upgrade the RAM? I've had a look around and can't see if 4GB is the max I can install.

Would anybody be able to tell me where I would be able to find this information out and if so what sort of RAM would it take?

Thanks.

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#2 10-02-2016 1:07am
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So old the spec sheets not on the sony portal..

CPU is very ehhh. Its at best SATA2 so an SSD will only run at 50% normal speed. The most likely chipset can only handle 4GB of DDR2.

Don't spend anything on this machine, donate it to Camara for african kids to use.

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#3 10-02-2016 1:12am
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It would be cheaper and better to buy a new laptop for €300.

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