I just bought a laptop for school (see buy/sell/trade thread), an eMachines N-10 that was bundled with a few things at Wal-Mart. Hold the sarcastic remarks, please - I really like the laptop so far :nod:. Anyway, the laptop came with 512MB of RAM, and it's supposedly upgradeable to 4GB. I'd like to stick a 1 gig stick in there, but I don't see any documentation on what kind of RAM to use. I opened up the slot where the RAM was the other day, and it said it was PC2-4200S memory. My question is, can I just order a 1 gig stick of PC2-4200 notebook RAM from Newegg and plug it in? I've never owned a laptop, and I'm not really familiar with upgrading them. Also, would this void the warranty? Thanks for the help. Edit: Noticed that what I have is PC2-4200"S" memory - any difference?
In theory, that should be the case. Just be warned that eMachines has had a history of using proprietary components which force you to upgrade through them. I think that they have stopped that for the most part, especially if the RAM is clearly marked like that.
The S probably means SO-DIMM - i.e. laptop memory. I'd just go through crucials memory selector, and just ensure that you have the right memory, even if you don't buy from crucial. You shouldn't void the warranty - just watch out to not break any "warranty void if broken" stickers.
It is basically DDR2 4200 (533mhz) RAM. Yeh, any laptop memory that is the same size and pinout as yours will fit on that board and work.
