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    Bought G1S want to upgrade memory to 3gb

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by scorcho, Aug 1, 2007.

  1. scorcho

    scorcho Notebook Enthusiast

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    Bought a G1S, should be here Friday, I want to upgrade the HDD and memory by changing out a stick of 1gb to 2gb for a total of 3gb and I can replace the other stick later if I want to go to 4gb.. Anyone know if I can use any brand of memory or should I use a specific kind? Also, would upgrading the 160gb 5200 hdd to a 7200 hdd be worth it?? I will be using this laptop for gaming etc.. Thanks
     
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    coriolis Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    The HD should be fast enough, but if you want every second, a 7200rpm would work.

    As for the RAM, just look for SoDimms that are PC5300 667mhz.
     
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    I did this upgrade and went with a 2gb stick of Crucial memory via their memory advisor wizard. No problems at all. At least with Crucial you can send it back if it is not compatible.

    http://www.crucial.com/

    I have not changed the HDD to a 7200 yet but I would assume this is as easy as swapping it out and running the recovery DVD to reinstall Vista.
     
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    Not tried to do an HD swap on the G1s, but have done it twice on my Vaio and the recovery disk seemed to work ok. 7200 rpm drive made a big difference from a 4200 rpm :)

    Would be interesting to know if anyone has had issues with the OEM Vista and hardware changes; in theory it can limit the number of re-installs, but not sure if a new HD counts as a change....
     
    alexb524, Aug 2, 2007
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