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    Acer 6930G - Upgrades, suggestions?

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by Shauno_Megane, Sep 22, 2011.

  1. Shauno_Megane

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    Hello Gang,

    I've been looking around for a while now about the possibility of upgrading my RAM on my 6930G with 2x4GB (800MHz PC2-6400 DDR2), which appears to work for the 6930g, I was wondering if anyone had any experience in fitting 8gig to 6930g who could offer me advice?

    I upgraded the CPU with an e8335 a while back and I am quite happy that it is running quite smooth, so I don't really need to upgrade that, but I am interested about the concept of upgrading to a quadcore, but have seen only one user on this board who has upgraded it without issues.
     
    Shauno_Megane, Sep 22, 2011
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    Lunar_wolf Notebook Geek

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    e8335 is a fine choice, don't think there is a quad core option for this laptop though.

    According to the chipset data sheet 8gb should be possible but i read reports of 6930g owner(s) saying they tired but it wasn't all recognised, Acer's manual dosn't list 2X4GB modules as supported.
     
    Lunar_wolf, Sep 22, 2011
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  3. Shauno_Megane

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    Indeed, but i've read other account saying it's worked perfectimundo!

    It seems to be a bit of a lottery!

    Do you think it would make a difference if it was 677 or 800 MhZ (With regards to compatibility).

    On a Side Note: How has your E8335 faired with O/C'ing, Undervolting?

    There is one person who I have seen on this forum who appears to be using a QC, how he has done this though, is a bit of a mystery. Must be very lucky indeed!
     
    Shauno_Megane, Sep 22, 2011
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  4. Lunar_wolf

    Lunar_wolf Notebook Geek

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    would be intrested to get a definitve answer on the QC.

    My e8335 has been fine, undervolted runs @ 2.93ghz on 0.987v.

    Can't overclock though, never found a program that supports the 6930g's pll.
     
    Lunar_wolf, Sep 23, 2011
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    Do you use Custom BIOS?
     
    Shauno_Megane, Sep 24, 2011
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    no just the lastest - didn't see anything in the modded bios' i would have wanted to mess with.
     
    Lunar_wolf, Sep 24, 2011
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