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    Acer Aspire 5500-series memory upgrade

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by beaverwookie, Feb 8, 2008.

  1. beaverwookie

    beaverwookie Newbie

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    Howdy, folks

    I'm looking into buying an Acer Aspire laptop (either a 5520 or a 5920) and I have a question about memory upgrades, and in particular about memory card slots. The laptops I'm looking at come with 2GB of memory and are expandable to a max of 4GB. My question is this: does the 2GB of preinstalled memory typically come in one 2GB module or are there usually two 1GB modules installed into two different slots?

    The reason I ask is because if I try to upgrade to 4GB later, I would like to know if I'll have to by one extra 2GB module or if I'll have to get two. Is there anyone here that owns an Aspire 55** laptop, and if so, have you ever tried to upgrade the memory?

    Thanks!
     
    beaverwookie, Feb 8, 2008
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  2. acowboydave

    acowboydave Newbie

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    The Acer comes with 2x1gig sticks, there is a few 4gig kits out seen one today for around 75 bucks. If you are running Vista..you will be happier with a 4gig setup.
     
    acowboydave, Feb 8, 2008
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  3. adinu

    adinu I pwn teh n00bs.

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    Most likely than not, they will come in a 2x1gb pairing just for the benefits of dual channel. So unless it specifically says "2gbx1" in the specs, then it's going to be a pair of 1gb sticks.
     
    adinu, Feb 8, 2008
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