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    Quick RAM upgrade question | M17x R4

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by J_Hizzal, Sep 10, 2012.

  1. J_Hizzal

    J_Hizzal Notebook Guru

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    I have four 4GB RAM sticks that I'm going to put into my M17x R4. Just a question, I know two of the slots are on the underside of the laptop, then two more that are under the keyboard. Is there anything special I need to do with installing the ones under the keyboard? Any configuration I should be aware of?
     
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  2. mikecacho

    mikecacho Notebook Evangelist

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    I've never heard of a certain combination... Trial and error, i can't see any damage created by not plugging it into slot1 vs slot4.
     
    mikecacho, Sep 10, 2012
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    Yeah, I just did it. the PC seems to recognize them all, so hopefully i'm good. I'm just using CPU-Z to see them. Is there any other program I could use to monitor RAM usage?

    The reason I asked this is because there's a huge black sticker on the RAM slots under the keyboard that say that i should only use those slots for a quad-core...
     
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    The memory slots are setup for dual channel mode. The two on the bottom are a matching set and the two on the top are a matching set.
     
    CheezWiz, Sep 11, 2012
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    You can use task manager to watch memory use.
     
    extide, Sep 11, 2012
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