hi guys,
this is a rant and a question, two in one.
whats an alternative to samsung M471A1K43BB0, which is the ddr4 i have installed currently? apparently thats an old product that is virtually impossible to get in europe anymore. all i need is to find an extra 8gb+ stick to top up my ram. i dont care about speed (at all, afaiu even the slowest is plenty for me) or efficiency (not much anyways, the laptop spends most of the time on charger). i need something that is safe, will play well with the ram i already have and wont fry my laptop in the process.
this should be so easy. and yet its a <Mod Edit> disaster. why do they think consumers should be wasting hours of their lives researching all this crap on the internet for something that should be as simple as putting a new silicone case on your phone.
i thought usb3 and [micro]sd were <Mod Edit>. now i realize thats nothing compared to ddr4. i get the pin issue, that seems fairly straight forward. but the rest of it, geez.
i dont care about all this mhz vs mts vs mbps nonsense. i dont want to understand what different voltage does to any of that.
folks made fun of wifi going the 5, 6 route, but at least thats something a regular person can understand easily.
p.s. iiuc whats on the net, the number of modules and their respective sizes inexplicably affects compatibility, too. so i have 3 of the aforementioned modules occupying 3/4 of my expansion slots. ideally, id just stick another one in the free slot without changing anything else, but if thats impossible, please, state that as well.
this is a rant and a question, two in one.
whats an alternative to samsung M471A1K43BB0, which is the ddr4 i have installed currently? apparently thats an old product that is virtually impossible to get in europe anymore. all i need is to find an extra 8gb+ stick to top up my ram. i dont care about speed (at all, afaiu even the slowest is plenty for me) or efficiency (not much anyways, the laptop spends most of the time on charger). i need something that is safe, will play well with the ram i already have and wont fry my laptop in the process.
this should be so easy. and yet its a <Mod Edit> disaster. why do they think consumers should be wasting hours of their lives researching all this crap on the internet for something that should be as simple as putting a new silicone case on your phone.
i thought usb3 and [micro]sd were <Mod Edit>. now i realize thats nothing compared to ddr4. i get the pin issue, that seems fairly straight forward. but the rest of it, geez.
i dont care about all this mhz vs mts vs mbps nonsense. i dont want to understand what different voltage does to any of that.
folks made fun of wifi going the 5, 6 route, but at least thats something a regular person can understand easily.
p.s. iiuc whats on the net, the number of modules and their respective sizes inexplicably affects compatibility, too. so i have 3 of the aforementioned modules occupying 3/4 of my expansion slots. ideally, id just stick another one in the free slot without changing anything else, but if thats impossible, please, state that as well.
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