Memory Upgrade

I want to upgrade my memory from 2gb to 4gb. My laptop supports 4gb max. I found some ram on eBay that's pretty cheap and it should work. 4GB 2x2GB Memory for HP 6715s 6720s 6820s 6830s 6910p 8510p 8710p G60 440US | eBay I was wondering if there are any issues that might happened after I...

I want to upgrade my memory from 2gb to 4gb. My laptop supports 4gb max. I found some ram on eBay that's pretty cheap and it should work. 4GB 2x2GB Memory for HP 6715s 6720s 6820s 6830s 6910p 8510p 8710p G60 440US | eBay I was wondering if there are any issues that might happened after I...

I am looking at several tablets, Including the Asus Transformer T100, some of the Vostro 11 Pro tablets, the Vostro 8 Pro, and Windows Surface tablets. I have researched the processors, and some of them can support 4GB of RAM, but the tablets only come with 2GB. Are there any tablets that cam...

Whether to have 8 gb graphics upgraded to 16 gb graphics or graphics card of 3gb from 2gb originally.... I am looking to buy alienware m17x with intel i7 and resolution 1080p Please suggest whether having 32 gb ssd memory of any if i dont do multitasking or use heavy design applications from...

I bought an Acer Aspire One D270-1375 netbook and replaced the hard drive with an SSD and upgraded the RAM to 4GB (it will recognize all 4 GB with the right OS). Before I made these changes, it was working fine, albeit slowly, as is typical for netbooks with 1 GB ram and Windows 7 starter...

I own a X55U SX052H (the one with E2-1800 apu) which badly needed a memory upgrade and like an idiot I bought a 8gb DDR3-1333 module without researching further (crucial's website had an identical 8gb module, and it was listed as supported for X55U) for a laptop that supports max. 4gb ram. At...

I don't know if i'm looking in all the wrong places, or maybe people just don't know. I own one of these laptops, and it runs awesome, but sometime in the future I may want to upgrade the RAM, or add in another hard drive. Unfortunately, opening up the backplate voids the warranty. I only have...

For the past two years or so, I have been using a Toshiba Satellite M45-S331. It has a 1.6 GHz Pentium M Processor, only 512 MB of RAM, and it runs Windows XP Home Edition. I can't remember the name of the chipset at the moment, when I get a chance I will edit this and get more specific specs on...

Hi I need advice I have a laptop dell inspiron 1520 32 bit operating system, Intel(R) core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5250 @ 1.5 GHz, Ram 2 GB. I would like to upgrade ram memory form 2 GB to 4 GB just want to make sure it is okay for me to do that before I buy the new ram . Any advice please help. Thank you.

I recently purchased an Alienware m17x R4 and I'm looking to upgrade the memory from the stock sticks that came with it. I made the mistake of opting for memory in the additional slots under the keyboard. My question is, if I replace the memory on the bottom with 16gb CL9 1600Mhz will I have...

Hi all, I have $200 left on my amazon account and am wondering what I can do to upgrade my Dell Inspiron 15 N5040 with the money I have. My goal is to improve FPS on games like Minecraft and others similarly graphic-intensive (because I know that it cannot handle too much more than that at...

Hello experts! I'm interested in the best possible upgrade for the MacBook Pro 15" for the 2.8 GHz Core 2 Duo (2010 model I believe), 3rd generation unibody MacBook Pro 15". She came installed with 4Gb onboard with an optional upgrade at the time to 8Gb. I've been doing some research and I've...

I have an old Dell Inspiron 6000, which I have found has 2 memory slots, a capacity of 2gb of memory, and uses 200 pin DDR2 RAM, 533 MHz. If I were to use memory that is a HIGHER MHz rating, such as 667 MHz or 800 MHz? There is almost no inventory of 533 MHz but lots of 667 and 800. Also, is...

Hello, I'm going to buy some ram to upgrade a computer's memory and I need some guidance to tell me if I picked the right one out. The laptop is a Compaq Presario CQ61-410US (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834107043). The one I'm looking at is...

It has 128, but I read it can be upgraded to 256. How do I do it?

I have a Dell Vostro 3350 laptop and would like to upgrade the RAM. I would like to get the fastest kit available that the laptop will support, but I don't know if the motherboard will support memory faster than 1333MHz. Ideally I am looking at a 1600MHz kit with latencies of 9, but if that...

Hi folks. I have a Sony Vaio vgn-fw170J, currently with 4GB RAM (2x2GB). I would like to upgrade to 8GB RAM (2x4GB Corsair). Does anybody know if this model supports such amount of RAM? Thanks.

Hello everyone. I have the laptop mentioned in the thread name. I need some help with choosing memory for my 3 year old laptop. I used to have 2 x 1 GB DDR2 out of which one went bad and had to remove it to get the laptop to boot. So I am left with 1 stick that is 1GB with the following...

I have an old m5310 laptop There are two spots for memory one on the back and one underneath the keyboard. I replaced the memory underneath the keyboard and now it wont boot. I tried installing the old memory again and it does the same thing. The power light turns on and the cpu fan turns...

Hi I recently bought an msi u230 netbook. It has 2GB ram and an ati video card. I have win7 home premium 64 bit installed on my netbook. I noticed that under the performance tab of the task manager. It's always at 100% whenever I start a program such as skpe or yahoo messenger. Would adding...

Hello everybody, I need your help. First look at the my laptops specification. ASUS M60J (bought in Sweden) Chipset: Intel PM55 rev.11 Bios: American Megatrends Inc(1.0) Bios Version 210 4GB DDR3 1066MHz (2slot or maybe 4slot?) I need to uppgrade my ram to 8GB but I don't know if my...

I'm considering picking up an alienware m11x, but I'm not keen on the 800mhz ram, which is the only speed offered on line. does anyone know if the machine can handle faster ram? if so, I'll just end up getting it with 1 gig and the purchase 4 or 8 gigs from g.skill.

Hello, Really struggling now! Have had new HDD put into Sony Vaio. Now trying to get the thing going again, but recovery disc is doing nothing - but then I suppose if there's no operating system on it, there's no driver for the dvd anyway. Oh dear - any help in words of 1 syllable would be MOST...

how much RAM can I install. This is a great little LAPTOP but I need more RAM any thoughts would be great

Hey there, I have a Toshiba Satellite P305D-S8828 which supposedly has an amd m780v chipset. I say supposedly, because whenever i run any software that tells me my hardware info. such as cpu-z or amd overdrive, etc, it says my chipset is m780g and not v (which makes no sense at all, since the...

I have a Sony VAIO PCG-FRV25 Laptop. Can I install more than the 1GB (2 x 512MB Chips), if I update the BIOS? Will it recognize it?

I currently have 2 x 1gb of RAM and was thinking of upgrading. I have heard that you are not supposed to mix and match different amounts of RAM (ie. 1x1gb, 1x2gb). Does anyone know if there is a major problem or why you aren't supposed to mix and match? Thanks in advance.

I've recently been given a Dell Latitude D600, with these specs: Pentium M 1.3GHz 512MB DDR PC2700 RAM @ 333MHz 1MB L2 cache 20GB HD @ 4200rpm (which I intend to upgrade) When I received the system, I repartitioned and reformatted (it had been set up as FAT; I changed to NTFS), reinstalled...

I have a Dell Inspiron B120 and am considering sticking another gig of ram in it. That would give me 1.5 gigs of ram total. I don't play games on it because it's way too slow for that, since it's an entry level model and over a year old. Would this ram upgrade be worth it since I don't play...

I want to upgrade the memory on the above laptop to either 2 or 4 GB, at present i have a 1 GB module installed but doesnt quite cut it when using it with flash/photoshop/premier pro etc, render times are quite slow. is it worth getting 4GB and also can someone recommend a place to get some...

I bought this little dude at a great price a few weeks ago and am very happy with it. One thing I noticed was that DDR2 modules are really cheap and I was thinking about putting 4 gigs in this computer because I plan to keep it a while. The problem is that when I decided to check to see if it...

I have searched the forums (including Tom's) and googled a bit. But I haven't find a good answer concerning memory upgrade. I have an Acer Aspire 3050 (AMD Sempron...ya, could have bought something better, but it was the cheapest a year ago...the day before vista is officially preinstalled on...

Archived from groups: comp.sys.laptops (More info?) What type of modules does the M40 use? I'm not familiar with current memory types - last module I purchased was a PC133 one (!) - so I thought it would be better to ask. Here's a snap with the cover off...

Archived from groups: comp.sys.laptops (More info?) I bought the laptop from eBay, all works fine under Windoze XP Pro with 128MB RAM. I bought a second 128MB stick of memory on eBay which should be compatible, but when I installed it, the General tab in Control Panel/System still only...

Anyone know how to modify the backpack on a Rio600 to upgrade the memory yourself rather than spend $50 on a lousy 32MB backpack on-line?