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    acer 5315 ram upgrade help

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by gazzagar, Aug 15, 2011.

  1. gazzagar

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    hi everyone i have been searching the site but couldnt find an answer.i have an old broken packard bell laptop,i want to know can i use the ram from it in my aspire.this is whats on the ram 1gb.2rx8.pc2-5300s-555-12-f1.667 thanks for your help.
     
    gazzagar, Aug 15, 2011
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    Full-English Notebook Deity

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    That will be fine, so long as the RAM is working it shouldn't be a problem.
     
    Full-English, Aug 15, 2011
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    gazzagar Newbie

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    thanks for the quick reply,it should be working ok it was the screen that got broken on the old laptop.
    do i have to do anything after putting in the ram or is it just stick it in and thats it?
     
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    Just put the RAM in and that's it, nothing else to be done.
     
    Full-English, Aug 16, 2011
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    thanks for the reply bud.
     
    gazzagar, Aug 16, 2011
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