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    Memory upgrades

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Redline, Jun 18, 2006.

  1. Redline

    Redline Notebook Prophet NBR Reviewer

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    So I am on the verge of purchasing an Inspiron E1705, as soon as the new $750 Dell coupons come (It has expired already cuz 4000 ppl used it already, and there is no way in that I am paying $2,000+ for a Dell) and because the upgrade to 1GB ram is sooo expensive I plan to only buy 512MB and upgrade with RAM from Newegg, as long as that doesnt void the warranty. Does it? cuz that would strike me as kinda ridiculous. And also, what brand of RAM does Dell use, or what is popular that people reccomend? Thanks for the help!!!
     
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  2. deedeeman

    deedeeman Notebook Deity

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    dont worry...dell cupons will come back ;)
    and can you please watch your language
     
    deedeeman, Jun 18, 2006
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  3. carlislegeorge

    carlislegeorge Notebook Consultant

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    Doesn't void the warranty. Unless they can somehow connect it to something else failing. Minimal chance of that happening. Dell uses variety from all makers. One time I got Infineon in my e1705, the replacement the following week had something else. I have Transcend from Newegg now.
     
    carlislegeorge, Jun 18, 2006
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    gclg2000 Notebook Guru

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    never looked under the keyboard of my e1405 to see what came bone stock, but i put a stick of Mircon 512 533mhz in my laptop and it is cruzing along just fine now.
     
    gclg2000, Jun 18, 2006
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  5. Jason

    Jason Overclocker NBR Reviewer

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    ric3rboy91, I'd recommend buying RAM from newegg but keep your old RAM. If something goes wrong with your PC throw the old RAM back in and send it into dell. If the E1705 came with 1 stick of 512, then buy another 512MB stick from newegg for around $40 shippped then chuck it in. ;)
     
    Jason, Jun 18, 2006
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