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    Replacing RAM in Dell 1520

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by tlbrooks, Apr 17, 2011.

  1. tlbrooks

    tlbrooks Newbie

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    I had a fatal hard drive failure in my Del 1520 Inspiron and along with replacing the hard drive I want to upgrade the memory. Mine currently has 1GB of memory with 2 each 512MB moduals. I purchased a 2GB memory and was told I could just replace the one 512MB modual in the back in slot B and leave the current 512MB in slot A under the keyboard. My question is, is it ok to do this or should the 2GB memory go into slot A?
     
    tlbrooks, Apr 17, 2011
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  2. Rodster

    Rodster Merica

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    I always put the largest stick in slot A but if you don't want to take the risk then put it in slot B.
     
    Rodster, Apr 17, 2011
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    tlbrooks Newbie

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    I wasn't concerned about the risk, it looks very easy,I just wasn't sure if one way worked better than the other. Thanks for your help.

    TB
     
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    Rodster Merica

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    Rule of thumb is to have the largest amount of ram in the first slot. Don't forget to run the Dell diags after installing your memory by running memtest.
     
    Rodster, Apr 17, 2011
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    Sepharite Notebook Consultant

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    What happens if you don't put it in Slot1 (I have unsteady fingers)? Will it simply not work? Or will it cause major malfunctions?
     
    Sepharite, Apr 18, 2011
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  6. Tsunade_Hime

    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    Doesn't matter, as long as it POSTs and passes several rounds of memtest.
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Apr 18, 2011
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