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Looking for 8GB DDR2 X2 4GB

#1 Post by ThinkPad560X » Thu Nov 30, 2023 2:32 am

I am looking for x2 4GB sticks for my Dell XPS M1730 (PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM SODIMM) It says it supports 8GB max. I only have 2GB right now and want to max it out. This is a 2009 gaming laptop. I am playing fallout New vegas on Med settings. It is fine but keeps crashing everything 20min to 45min. I think the ram is one of the reasons. I found some on ebay but are going for $150+ and all the sticks are shipping from china.
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Re: Looking for 8GB DDR2 X2 4GB

#2 Post by RealBlackStuff » Thu Nov 30, 2023 6:17 am

You are obviously not searching properly, try eBay for: 4gb sodimm pc2-5300 -2gb -1gb
and get prices for ~$25 per sodimm (from China), such as
https://www.ebay.com/itm/354678692739
https://www.ebay.com/itm/304958975534
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Re: Looking for 8GB DDR2 X2 4GB

#3 Post by kfzhu1229 » Thu Nov 30, 2023 3:05 pm

ThinkPad560X wrote:
Thu Nov 30, 2023 2:32 am
I am looking for x2 4GB sticks for my Dell XPS M1730 (PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM SODIMM) It says it supports 8GB max. I only have 2GB right now and want to max it out. This is a 2009 gaming laptop. I am playing fallout New vegas on Med settings. It is fine but keeps crashing everything 20min to 45min. I think the ram is one of the reasons. I found some on ebay but are going for $150+ and all the sticks are shipping from china.
Why not try borrowing some RAM from your T6x and see if the crashing stops? Afterall you do know that the XPS M1730 do use graphics that is prone to death just like the T61. And tbh I would find a newer but much cheaper laptop to abuse with my games - the XPS M1730 is worth about as much as a fully loaded LED modded T601 frankenpad on ebay!
And yeah you should try better looking on ebay. The prices even from domestic US sellers have come way down now there's no need to come to me for these RAM sticks anymore!
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Re: Looking for 8GB DDR2 X2 4GB

#4 Post by ThinkPad560X » Thu Nov 30, 2023 11:56 pm

The graphics card is removable in the XPS. The M1730 is a good machine, for all I am using it for. I completely took apart the entire laptop to clean it and add new thermal paste to the CPU and GPU and even regreased the hinges. When I got it, it was hard to open and was almost ready to brake/crack the LCD lid or the hinge itself. The power brick did fail and took a while to find another one. I keep the laptop on an airflow base I built to allow air to get up under it and is on an angle with the slanted back facing up. The LED keyboard still lights up along with the lights on the back lid. It has a 1TB SATA SSD running windows 7 Pro. I have a Dell XPS M1710 as well I think it is a year older then the M1730. It looks like the standard Dell Inspiron laptops of the Core 2 era but with custom color LEDs.

I am also wanting to max out all my machines ram and that is why I want to get the X2 4GB sticks.
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T20,T23,T30,T40,T43,T60,T61,T400,T400s,T500,W500,W700,
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Re: Looking for 8GB DDR2 X2 4GB

#5 Post by devinfriday » Fri Dec 01, 2023 11:15 am

I have 2x4gb DDR2 SODIMM for sale. I prefer to ship within EU. PM me if interested.

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Re: Looking for 8GB DDR2 X2 4GB

#6 Post by kfzhu1229 » Fri Dec 01, 2023 3:20 pm

ThinkPad560X wrote:
Thu Nov 30, 2023 11:56 pm
The graphics card is removable in the XPS. The M1730 is a good machine, for all I am using it for. I completely took apart the entire laptop to clean it and add new thermal paste to the CPU and GPU and even regreased the hinges. When I got it, it was hard to open and was almost ready to brake/crack the LCD lid or the hinge itself. The power brick did fail and took a while to find another one. I keep the laptop on an airflow base I built to allow air to get up under it and is on an angle with the slanted back facing up. The LED keyboard still lights up along with the lights on the back lid. It has a 1TB SATA SSD running windows 7 Pro. I have a Dell XPS M1710 as well I think it is a year older then the M1730. It looks like the standard Dell Inspiron laptops of the Core 2 era but with custom color LEDs.
I am also wanting to max out all my machines ram and that is why I want to get the X2 4GB sticks.
I am very well aware the M1730 has removable graphics, I actually had the Precision M90 before (the Precision version of M1710). But just a heads up that replacement graphics cards are getting increasingly harder to find for these things (and only M6300 M1730 graphics modules would work properly here). Keep the temps well under check (don't let it exceed 65C) and it should be fine. I liquid metalled the FX 1600M graphics on my Compaq 8710w though to achieve that.
Yeah the hinges on these things like to stiffen up and self destruct if you don't regrease it. Tighten the hinge screws on all sides and lubricate the hinges well and they'll be pretty durable. Get a 240W Dell charger to get the ultimate reliability with the charging brick.
Again test it with known good RAM first before you go buy 4GB RAM sticks for these things. It is not impossible for the instability to be caused by something else. My Inspiron 6400 had GeForce 7200 Go but it actually had dying VCore capacitors rather than RAM issue or underfill issue when it presented with instabilities.
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Re: Looking for 8GB DDR2 X2 4GB

#7 Post by mikemex » Fri Jan 12, 2024 8:12 pm

kfzhu1229 wrote:
Thu Nov 30, 2023 3:05 pm
now there's no need to come to me for these RAM sticks anymore!
What a shame!
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Re: Looking for 8GB DDR2 X2 4GB

#8 Post by devinfriday » Tue Jan 23, 2024 6:06 pm

ThinkPad560X wrote:I am looking for x2 4GB sticks for my Dell XPS M1730 (PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM SODIMM) It says it supports 8GB max. I only have 2GB right now and want to max it out. This is a 2009 gaming laptop. I am playing fallout New vegas on Med settings. It is fine but keeps crashing everything 20min to 45min. I think the ram is one of the reasons. I found some on ebay but are going for $150+ and all the sticks are shipping from china.
I have a kit 2x4gb ddr2 667 (even if it was sold to me as 800....).asking 65€ plus shipping, but i am located in EU.

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