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    Alienware Area-51m Extreme

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by kevinscotland, May 31, 2008.

  1. kevinscotland

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    nope that is different mate.
     
    kevinscotland, May 31, 2008
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    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    okay, now you have the 9600.
    You stated before you had a 9700.
    I told you in the other threads that you have to take the system apart to access the memory.

    Please take a picture of your actual laptop. Looking straight down on the keyboard, and take a picture of the bottom.

    K-TRON
     
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    are you absolutely sure? because this "Area-51m Extreme" name appears to be UK-only, and if that page you linked to has the correct picture, then I think the laptop's proper name is the Area-51 766, which is covered in that support article.
     
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    K-TRON: The laptop configuration says 9600/700 series.

    GRB: in the picture i posted can you see any ram slots? because that is how my computer looks like opened up.

    K-TRON: There seems to be no way to access the keyboard. I've opened other keyboards and there was always 2 latches.
     
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    That picture's of the back; the ram is accessed through the keyboard

    take a look at my instructions again, they apply to the 700 series (766 in particular)
     
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    GRB: you nailed it. u 2 K-tron.

    the confusion has been great for me because of the different international names for it.

    i will now attempt to take keyboard apart!

    cheers
     
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    Lol. There is no RAM!
     
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  10. kevinscotland

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    damn screws r so tight that i cannot open the ram compartment (N)
     
    kevinscotland, May 31, 2008
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