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memory upgrade on laptop

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  • 04-03-2007 1:19am
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    coolkid
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    i have a loptop with 1024 gb ram and windows xp. i want to upgrade it to 2gb ram.Is it difficult to do.


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    Ruu_Old
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    Not normally, what make/model is your laptop?


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    coolkid
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    its compaq - im not sure what model. I just bought it before christmas


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    Ruu_Old
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    Crucial.com/eu or shop4memory.com both have areas on their site where you can enter in your laptop model and brings up what you need to know. Crucial actually have memory scanner software to detect what type you need. You won't get much cheaper than those two places except maybe eBay.

    I know with Dell computers, there is a little hatch on the underside of the laptop that you can take off and insert the memory modules.


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    shayg1971
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    A lot of 1GB laptops have both their memory slots filled with 2 X 512Mb Modules. You may find you have to ditch them to upgrade to 2Mb with 2 X 1Gb modules.


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    is_that_so
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    coolkid wrote:
    its compaq - im not sure what model. I just bought it before christmas

    Look at the bottom or it may have the model in the top right corner.
    Failing that you can use the Crucial memory scanner to tell you the model.
    There is a panel underneath that you unscrew and insert the memory card. Same care needed as with PC memory. Either supplier is fine although shop4memory will be faster and may be cheaper, owing to no delivery charge.


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