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m1330 4gb Ram

Discussion in 'Dell' started by db350z, Aug 21, 2007.

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Hi guys'

Just letting you know i'm from OZ and my m1330 is coming finally.

But i want to upgrade the ram to 4gb and i know you guys been talking about Crucial 4gb version, which unavailable in Australia.

All i can find is Corsair or Kingston, and i can get Kingston for about AU$145 each 2gb Ram. Corsair about AU$209 each 2gb ram.

Can anyone tell me if the Kingston one will be Compatible with it? I read somewhere on it's site that if i put 4gb it'll downgrade it to 3.5gb ram.

Please help and suggest. thanks.

Cheers

db350z, Aug 21, 2007

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chuck232 Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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Kingston will be fine. I've had pretty good luck with their ValueRAM in the past. Just make sure it's DDR2-667 SO-DIMM.

Windows will only be able to use ~3.5GB of RAM if you run a 32 bit OS and the rest will be allocated for mapping of video RAM, PCI addresses, etc. It's an architectural thing with 32 bit OSes.

chuck232, Aug 21, 2007

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nizzy1115 Notebook Prophet

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if you install 64bit vista you will be able to use all of it though. personally though, i would go with corsair, from my experience, they have always worked fine in dells.

nizzy1115, Aug 21, 2007

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