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    How many memory slots on a Vostro 1500?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by steveeb, Sep 21, 2007.

  1. steveeb

    steveeb Notebook Guru

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    My Vostro just shipped today :D and I'm planning on buying more memory with the Dell Dollars that came with the deal. From the factory, it will have 2 GB of mem and I want to upgrade it to 4GB.

    The question is, how many slots does the Vostro have and does anyone know if the 2GB is x2 1GB sticks or a single 2GB stick. Thanks.
     
    steveeb, Sep 21, 2007
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  2. newton

    newton Notebook Enthusiast

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    2 slots. One under the laptop, one under the keyboard.
     
    newton, Sep 21, 2007
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  3. zfactor

    zfactor Mastershake

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    ^^^ correct anytime they can dell will use 2 sticks so you 99% got 2 1gb sticks
     
    zfactor, Sep 21, 2007
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  4. steveeb

    steveeb Notebook Guru

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    Great. :mad:
     
    steveeb, Sep 21, 2007
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  5. nizzy1115

    nizzy1115 Notebook Prophet

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    all laptops typically are like this steveeb. its not just dell.
     
    nizzy1115, Sep 21, 2007
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  6. Kdawgca

    Kdawgca rotaredoM repudrepuS RBN

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    Also make sure you get a 64bit OS if you plan to use all of the 4GB of ram.
     
    Kdawgca, Sep 22, 2007
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  7. mattyj

    mattyj Newbie

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    yeah.
    I phoned up when I was buying my 1400 JUST because I wanted to get a single 2gb stick (rather than 2x1gb) but the guy just wouldnt do it.

    Think I'm gonna sell my 2x1gb and buy a couple of 2gbs.
     
    mattyj, Sep 22, 2007
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  8. kekegsm

    kekegsm Newbie

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    Why? He can use with the 32 bit too. /pae to the boot.ini...
    :)
     
    kekegsm, Sep 22, 2007
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  9. Thanol

    Thanol Notebook Guru

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    Often times Dell has an option for you to put in a 2x1 instead of 1x2, but it generally costs ALOT.
     
    Thanol, Sep 22, 2007
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  10. steveeb

    steveeb Notebook Guru

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    It's something I didn't notice until *after* I ordered.

    According to Dell's site, a 2GB stick is ~$210+tax. Who are they trying to kid? Haven't memory prices been coming down in the last year or so?
     
    steveeb, Sep 22, 2007
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  11. Can Not

    Can Not Notebook Geek

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    Buying that ONE extra GB of ram costs the same as buying an entire 2x1GB set of laptop RAM.
     
    Can Not, Sep 22, 2007
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