hi, i have finally get a toshiba notebook , and upgrade to 1gb ram , but the seller give me hynix ram ....no name , my wonder is this type of ram better than the branded 1 like kingmax , kingston ....

currently, i have problem to boot up due to the ram , if allow to change ram , what brand of ram i should go for ? thank you ....so sad new notebook canot test now ....damn ....

u should go back to the seller to at least get the laptop back to previos state...

Try switching between ram slots. But the best is still to take it back to the seller ask him to kau tim for you.

yup. ask back your seller.

no need to be afraid with hynix ram,it will work fine

officeboy where u buy the toshiba and what model and price u bought?

can i know?

buy from scenic IT , P70-540 , rm 4500 , 1 gb ram

like wat williamngwl said, hynix actually have no problem at all, as u say about no brand....this have to consider whether he give you is the new ram or used ram ...... as wat i know toshiba able to support kingston ram and works fine...as most toshiba dealers seldom have problems with it.

and i have something to say to you that u may have worry but I still need to tell you as i scare got cheat, as this model m70-p540 origin specs is 256mb ddr2 and i scare they change the original 256mb that may be is infineon ram to hynix ram of 2 piece 512 or 1 pc 1gb...... able to confirm for me when u bought, did u look how they put it in the ram?

check this...

http://www.ramcity.com.au/model~Toshiba~Sa...es~M70-P540.htm

btw....u should use a toshiba certified ram.

ya....thats correct....but the situation here is officeboy not really know wat ram used for toshiba and scare he got cheated...

finally change ram , but still the same oem ram with hynix chipset , but now loook ok ...hopefully no problem in future

how much did u pay for the ram?

rm 270 for 1gb if not mistaken , and trade in 256mb ram (original was saumsung ram ) coz original price for notebook is rm4599 but after upgrade to 1 gb ram and bargain , i get rm4500 for the notebook n some free gift like optical mouse n noteboo lock

the sales person didnt warn u? if u take out the original ram from the nb n place 1gb ram into it will void the warranty covering the ram. so if there is anything spoil on the ram side, the SC will charge u for the parts for it.

i think that sales person just thinking of earn money so it rarely warns him about that... actually if from my suggestion is that use back the original 256mb ram of samsung and add another 1gb or 512mb ram then it will be enough... except if u really want exactly 1gb then do it at authorised toshiba dealer only.

right now....ur notebook is 99% warranty void.....hope you notice that..

salesman say change ram won't void the warantee , only the case of change harddisk , not sure is that true

anything that has changes the default hardware will void it automatically. except for add-in.

i agree with netto hikari, u can add on ram but not to take out and change the hardware inside especially notebook ram is the sensitive hardware and moreover diff volt or MHz of ram that mis together may cause some problem.

thats y u can see branded notebooks they only have one slot for u to open up and add in the ram...

to add in yor point. all branded ram has specific ram only can be added....or certified by ibm/toshiba/fujitsu/etc ram....