topic Re: VGC-V3S Memory upgrades in PCs & Accessories

VGC-V3S Memory upgrades

deadpan — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 10:17:25 GMT

Hey peeps,

I have been reading on here, that you can fit double the RAM on these models ie. upto 2gb rather than 1gb as stated by Sony.

Now i wish i had known this when i upgraded a few months back....

Question is if i fit this into my V3S will it cause any warranty issues at all?

Thanks

Re: VGC-V3S Memory upgrades

deadpan — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 07:31:16 GMT

bump

Re: VGC-V3S Memory upgrades

Blencogo — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 19:51:54 GMT

This is perhaps a greyish area. I do not think it would invalidate your warranty but...........

In practical terms no-one will know the difference if you keep your old RAM and replace it in your V3S in the unfortunate event of having to return it for service!

Re: VGC-V3S Memory upgrades

BartK — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 14:14:50 GMT

Euhrrrr, not all Vaio's so please don't just do this.
I know from experience that the V3 can only handle a max 1024 MB, so no upgrading anymore there...

Re: VGC-V3S Memory upgrades

Blencogo — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 19:43:03 GMT

CRUCIAL.COM say it will take 2048MB and they are prepared to guarantee this will work!

I know Sony say 1024MB - but Crucial would not be prepared to offer their guarantee unless they were sure it would be OK.

Re: VGC-V3S Memory upgrades

kee-lo_ — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 19:59:06 GMT

I love the way Crucial always find a higher max RAM allowance

Re: VGC-V3S Memory upgrades

deadpan — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 22:33:31 GMT

While reading on the crucial site i was taken to a different page that according to specs it would take as much as 4096mb!!!

Worst case buy extra RAM on credit card it's 'only' £120:smileyblush:

If it fails to work then can get full refund??

tbc......

Re: VGC-V3S Memory upgrades

kee-lo_ — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 19:09:07 GMT

I think they will, you'd have to ask them this question before purchasing