topic Memory Upgrade VGN-A197 in PCs & Accessories https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/memory-upgrade-vgn-a197/m-p/138044#M91547 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I have aquired an Kingston 1Gb DDR 400Mhz.<BR />After inserting it on the first day the computer ran fine, although I did not stressed the memory usage.<BR />The following day I started openning lots of apps and getting some movie clips going, and the computer just hang. After that It started bluescrening alot. <BR />So my question is does DDR 400 memory is incompatible with DDR 333? Or is the memory just damaged?<BR /><BR />Thanks<BR />Cláudio Albuquerque<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 01 Aug 2006 10:24:27 GMT Sygnosys 2006-08-01T10:24:27Z Memory Upgrade VGN-A197 https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/memory-upgrade-vgn-a197/m-p/138044#M91547 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I have aquired an Kingston 1Gb DDR 400Mhz.<BR />After inserting it on the first day the computer ran fine, although I did not stressed the memory usage.<BR />The following day I started openning lots of apps and getting some movie clips going, and the computer just hang. After that It started bluescrening alot. <BR />So my question is does DDR 400 memory is incompatible with DDR 333? Or is the memory just damaged?<BR /><BR />Thanks<BR />Cláudio Albuquerque<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 01 Aug 2006 10:24:27 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/memory-upgrade-vgn-a197/m-p/138044#M91547 Sygnosys 2006-08-01T10:24:27Z Re: Memory Upgrade VGN-A197 https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/memory-upgrade-vgn-a197/m-p/138045#M91548 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Cláudio Albuquerque,<BR /><BR />DDR memory is backwardly compatible so even thought the recommendation for your model is DDR333, DDR 400 should work fine albeit at a lower speed. <BR /><BR />Try just the DDR400 module on its own in both slots individually and if all is OK then add the DDR333 module in both combinations.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 01 Aug 2006 19:58:58 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/memory-upgrade-vgn-a197/m-p/138045#M91548 rich912 2006-08-01T19:58:58Z