Ram upgrade on eMachines e725

[jefor139]

Hi, I wish to upgrade my memory on my eMachines e725. Would that memory fit in my lapto and will it be supported?

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148317

Thanks.

 

[C12Friedman]

According to the specs here http://support.gateway.com/emachines/notebook/2009/emachines/eme/eme725/eME725sp2.shtml the kit you have posted there will not work - you want DDR2 667Mhz ram like any of these kits here
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007608%20600000441%20600000403&IsNodeId=1&name=4GB%20%282%20x%202GB%29
Hope it helps some

 

[jefor139]

Thanks for your answer. Are you sure that it won't be supported, maybe those specs are old...

 

[C12Friedman]

Going another way, I find that there are two different subsystems on the eMachine E725 - one which takes DDR2 ram and one that takes DDR3 ram. Makes for difficult advising here since they are in no way interchangable.
Because of that - I'm going to refer you to Crucial's Memory locator page where they have a tool "Scan my System" which will tell you which type of ram is correct.
http://www.crucial.com/store/drammemory.aspx
Another option to determine which ram is right is by running a program called Speccy. Available free here http://www.piriform.com/speccy
Speccy will tell you all there is to know (and stuff you probably don't care about) about the hardware within your machine (including memory)
Run either of those and you will then know for sure which type of ram your laptop uses