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    G73SW-XT1 2 or 4 Memory Slots?

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by sepv, Apr 23, 2011.

  1. sepv

    sepv Newbie

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    Hi,

    I just received my G73SW-XT1 from Tiger Direct and when I opened it up I noticed that there are only 2 memory slots instead of 4 which was the advertised specs. I called up both Asus and Tiger Direct I did not get a straight answer.

    I was wondering if I am the only one or there are others who have the same peculiar situation.
     
    sepv, Apr 23, 2011
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  2. RainMotorsports

    RainMotorsports Formerly ClutchX2

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    Well the A1 had 3 slots on one side of the board and another on the other. Not sure on that though.

    The circuit city page which should be exactly the same as tigerdirect shows 2 sticks visible with the bottom off... jus saying.
     
    RainMotorsports, Apr 23, 2011
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  3. BoricuaUSA

    BoricuaUSA Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have the same version,bought it from CompUSA and have the 3 slots on the back and the other one underneath the keyboard.Double check.
     
    BoricuaUSA, Apr 23, 2011
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  4. sepv

    sepv Newbie

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    Thanks for the replies, the version I got only has 2 slots can any of you guys be kind enough to send me a photo of your memory setup so I can pound these guys to give me the right one.

    Thanks
     
    sepv, Apr 23, 2011
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  5. BoricuaUSA

    BoricuaUSA Notebook Enthusiast

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    How many gigs of ram installed? Should be 8 gigs.On the back cover yes you only can see 2 modules of 2 gigs each that you can replace easy,now underneath those 2 you should see another memory stick that I'm not sure how to replace, plus underneath the keyboard is the other one.
     
    BoricuaUSA, Apr 23, 2011
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  6. dkillone

    dkillone Notebook Evangelist

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    Yeah, there is only 2 slots near the hdd bay, and then the rest are under the kb/you can see 1 memory module just like BoricaUSA said, I took pics, just let me upload them right quick.

    But in CPUz, you can also see that this laptop has 4dimms by seeing that all 4 dimms are filled with 2gb sticks.

    laptopmem1.jpg

    laptopmem2.jpg
     
    dkillone, Apr 23, 2011
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  7. WarWyrm001

    WarWyrm001 Notebook Consultant

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    OP, I know that you said that you checked but I would say to check again.
    It might be that you can't see all the available slots or that some are empty.

    One thing that you can try is to download CPU-Z and look at the memory tab it will tell you how many slots you have and what size modules are installed in each slot.

    http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html

    Also check your owner's manual. It should have instructions in there on how to upgrade each slot.

    EDIT: sorry, I meant CPU-Z
     
    WarWyrm001, Apr 23, 2011
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  8. DCx

    DCx Banned!

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    CPU-z might report empty slots, but the rails may not be attached on the mobo...
     
    DCx, Apr 23, 2011
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  9. Chastity

    Chastity Company Representative

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    The G73SW-A1 here I believe has 2 slots on one side, and 2 on the other.
     
    Chastity, Apr 23, 2011
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  10. GenTechPC

    GenTechPC Company Representative

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    Yeah two on the bottom and two on the other side of the mainboard under the top case:

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    GenTechPC, Apr 24, 2011
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  11. briandrew

    briandrew Newbie

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    I got mine from Compusa a week ago and went on Saturday to have 4 x 4GB new RAM fitted - took them 1.5 hours and cost $59.99 + cost of RAM.

    I looked at doing it myself, but felt the risk of problems was not worth the cost of them doing it.

    Just my .02

    Brian
     
    briandrew, Aug 8, 2011
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