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« on: December 28, 2011, 11:21:30 PM »
i want to upgrade mylaptops RAM from 4gb to 6gb.and im not familliar on the things to consider on buying the right Ram for the laptop.any advice??
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« Reply #1 on: December 28, 2011, 11:27:03 PM »
What is the make and model of your laptop?
Is your RAM DDR/DDR2/DDR3?
What are your RAM timings and frequency?(you can find these out with this program: http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html)
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« Reply #2 on: December 29, 2011, 05:42:05 AM »
What OS are you using on the Laptop?  If not 64-bit, 4 to 6GB will do nothing since it won't be recognized.
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« Reply #3 on: December 29, 2011, 12:48:17 PM »
Quote from: Computer_Commando on December 29, 2011, 05:42:05 AM
What OS are you using on the Laptop?  If it is a consumer windows version and not 64-bit, 4 to 6GB will do nothing since it won't be recognized.

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« Reply #4 on: December 29, 2011, 11:57:42 PM »
What are you doing on this computer. A RAM upgrade might not be the best bet.
This could be opening a new can of worms completely though.
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« Reply #5 on: December 30, 2011, 07:33:05 AM »
If A) the laptop can take more RAM and B) their OS can utilize the additional RAM there is no "can of worms" being opened...
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« Reply #6 on: December 30, 2011, 02:03:24 PM »
Ya but if the video card cant keep up or the CPU is 10 years old then the additional RAM wouldn't be much of a help, no?
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« Reply #7 on: December 30, 2011, 02:09:56 PM »
Quote from: Lumpy44 on December 30, 2011, 02:03:24 PM
Ya but if the video card cant keep up or the CPU is 10 years old then the additional RAM wouldn't be much of a help, no?
A ten year old system isn't going to have 4GB of memory, and the Graphics Card has nothing to do with Memory. (I assume the Graphics cards used in many servers would have problems "keeping up" (with what? the RAM?) since they don't even have one, or they just have some sort of PCI card for basic desktop graphics.

Another note: A lot of laptops actually come maxed out. My laptop has and came with 4GB and that is it's maximum capacity, for example.
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« Reply #8 on: December 30, 2011, 02:13:22 PM »
Ya this is true. Guess we have to see what the computer is, before we can see if a RAM update is possible
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« Reply #9 on: December 30, 2011, 07:52:13 PM »
Quote from: Lumpy44 on December 30, 2011, 02:03:24 PM
Ya but if the video card cant keep up or the CPU is 10 years old then the additional RAM wouldn't be much of a help, no?

Where was it mentioned that the CPU was 10 years old ? ?
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« Reply #10 on: January 03, 2012, 08:31:20 PM »
There isnt, but for all we know it might be.
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« Reply #11 on: January 03, 2012, 09:03:11 PM »
Not if it already has 4G of RAM it isn't...
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« Reply #12 on: January 09, 2012, 11:10:49 AM »
according to his profile he is using xp, even if he is using a 64bit os the chances of him actually using 4gb of memory he has installed is unlikely.
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« Reply #13 on: January 09, 2012, 11:51:42 AM »
Let's wait for him to return...
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« Reply #14 on: January 16, 2012, 01:15:39 PM »
Why not just go to http://www.crucial.com/ and do a scan to see what the best options are. No obligation to buy from them either
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« Reply #15 on: January 27, 2012, 06:55:56 AM »
sorry for the late reply, im currently using win7 home premium at 64bit. and i use this laptop for video/photo editing and gaming. and the ram i think is a ddr3
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