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    Upgrading RAM

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by nall, Sep 10, 2011.

  1. nall

    nall Notebook Enthusiast

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    yes these will work. These aren't faster or better than the stock ones.

    You could just keep your existing 4 gigs and add 2 x 4gigs for a total of 12gigs.

    Getting to ram slots 3 and 4 takes a little more work though
     
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    Might just do that, thanks!
     
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    Its pretty easy :) just need to be extra careful coz of the cables.
     
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    Tip is its all the screws with the "I" next to it. It was kinda hard to tell that from the service guide.
     
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    the service guide didn't tell me anything really except to take the battery out and two screws to remove the back panel. I got my info from youtube...someone posted a vid on how to get to ram slot 3 and 4.

    At first i thought i only had 2 slots which was extremely disappointing but i later saw that ram 3 and 4 were empty in the bios
     
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    Check out my mini guide too: http://forum.notebookreview.com/alienware-m17x/605532-ram-upgrade-m17x-r3-mini-guide-pics.html

    I marked all the screws that needed to be removed to access the ram slots at the bottom of the keyboard.
     
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    Thanks :) hope it can help a lot of people here.
     
    qohelet, Sep 10, 2011
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