I am considering buying a Motion 1400 but was wo

[jfairey]

I am considering buying a Motion 1400 but was wondering whether I should buy the memory/RAM from Motion or buy the minumum memory/RAM from Motion and then upgrade the RAM via a 3rd party.

If I should buy from a 3rd party, who do you recomend buying from?

Should I buy additional video RAM from Motion or 3rd party?

If 3rd party, which site/seller do you recommend and in both cases what type and how much video RAM do you recommend adding?

Thank You

[Sagan]

I'd buy the min from Motion then upgrade yourself. I bought my memory from Newegg.

Some have stated that John at Allegiance Technologies (alltp.com) will upgrade the RAM on a purchased unit and upgrade to SP2 before shipping to you. I bought from John and have loved the service. Highly recommended!

[Trev]

You cannot add more video ram. If you're going to upgrade your ram yourself I'd go with Crucial or Kingston.

[alltp]

We use Crucial and Kingston. I know they are not the least expensive (except compared to Motion) but their quality is unquestioned. We use Crucial about 95% of the time and have never had a bad stick.

CT12864x335 - 1Gb
CT6464x335 - 512Mb
CT3254x335 - 256Mb

Also, we have a long running offer in the For Sale section to buy unneeded Motion OEM 256Mb chips for $35.

[rexwui]

I just added 512MB of Crucial RAM and, whoa, what a difference!! Boot up was quicker and I can have so many more apps running at the same time. $100 is well worth the gain in performance. I'll probably replace the stock 256 in q few weeks.

[willem]

same here, added a 512 ram module
hynix (IBM uses these also) hymd564m646a6-J
runs ok
my fact installed is infineon. so there are more and more brands identified that are factory installed or usable in a motion 1400

[scm]

Is there a problem with mixing the factory installed 512MB infineon ram with 512MB crucial ram? Or, should I keep both sticks the same?

[alltp]

We have mixed the original factory RAM with both Crucial and Kingston without any problems.

[Jim Artis]

I have the 512 MB RAM that came installed in the M1400, plus an additional gigabyte of RAM from Crucial Technology. I have been running this configuration since mid September with no problems.

[scm]

John,

Thanks for the quick reply. Is there a difference between the Crucial CT6464X335 and the Crutial CT6464X335.16T?

I've tried to find the .16T version on the Crucial websight, but I don't see it. Is this just an OEM rename or is there a real difference.