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    RAM information discrepancy

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by phatjasonle, May 26, 2006.

  1. phatjasonle

    phatjasonle Notebook Enthusiast

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    SiSoft Sandra reported 2gb of system ram; 4 x 512mb ddr2. but shipping slip indicated 2 x 1gb ddr2. what's going on? i got 2gb total which is expected, but was hoping to add 2 x 1gb as an upgrade to get 4gb. now i will have to buy 4 x 1gb instead of 2. sucks.
     
    phatjasonle, May 26, 2006
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  2. Arla

    Arla Notebook Deity

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    Assuming you are talking about an 8200, then I don't believe it has 4x512 because it only has 2 slots for RAM (I believe, I've never bothered to check) but ... I've had a number of laptops and if this one does have 4x512 this will be the first, because I've not seen another laptop with 4 slots before.

    Unfortunately to get 4GB I believe you need to buy 2x2GB.
     
    Arla, May 26, 2006
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    I've never heard of a laptop with four memory slots. 4gb laptops are just now making their way to the market.
     
    vassil_98, May 26, 2006
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    fergasm Notebook Enthusiast

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    This is what acer supports in the 8200.

    256/512 MB or 1 GB of DDR2 533/667 MHz memory,
    upgradeable to 2 GB using two soDIMM modules (dualchannel
    support)
     
    fergasm, May 26, 2006
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    samuderaindia Notebook Consultant

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    :confused: Hi guys, sorry for my stupid question. I got 8204 from Singapore, actually Asian version gives only 1 gb RAm. I got extra GB from the vendor, but I dont know whether that is 533/667. How to find out? And is there any significant diffrenent between them?
     
    samuderaindia, May 26, 2006
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    sonicdivx Notebook Consultant

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    find cpu-z or Everest. they will tell you what memory you have and speed correctly
     
    sonicdivx, May 27, 2006
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