upgrading your ram on the 1520

few questions:-
does dell sell rams if you want to upgrade your dell notebook? if yes, does it provide them at same price as on the customising page when one builds one's laptop?

if i want to upgrade my ram, which is currently at 1 Gb, should i contact dell or do it on my own? the prices displayed on the customisation page on the india website requires INR 3000(approx$70) whereas buying from outside would cost nearly the same or even more.

 

Never by upgrades from Dell . You can get 4 gigs for around $160. This site also has a ram upgrade thread that can be found here

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=121363&page=30

 

i tried that but the fact is none of the online stores ship to india. itried newegg, frys, ewiz. are there any other options?

 

If you have 1GB now, you most likely have 2x512MB, to get 2GB you'd need to ditch what you have and get 2x1GB.

Keep that in mind when deciding how much to purchase. You can try selling your RAM, but I'm not really sure what the market would be - Dell doesn't sell laptops with less than 1GB these days.

 

well obviously i have 2x1 gb in my mind. is it possible that i can ask dell to take away the 2x512 and replace them with 2x1 and charge me as required??

 

They will not give you any credit towards the new RAM, but I'm sure they'd be happy to keep your RAM and re-sell it as refurbished.

 

has anybody had any such experience of upgrading their ram from dell, post purchase??

 

I work with someone who has an E1505, it came with 2x512. He bought 2x1GB from Newegg (you'll have to find a local or online retailer), and he just sold the 2x512 on Ebay for whatever it fetched.

 

thats fine, but i was wondering if anyone had done their upgrades through dell itself??.

 

Dell upgrades are crazy $700 for 4 gigs of ram. Most of us on here know how to find bargains

 

I doubt they have SD for India

 

Should I start a slick deals India site ?

 

do it and you may get temple dedicated in your honour!!

 

Will it be able to with stand the winds and storm surge of cat 5 cane ?

 

i'll personally see to it that it does....
jokes apart, so u guys advice me not to buy ram from dell... point taken. but what if i buy it aftermarket and upgrade it? would that void my one year complete cover? the dell rep told it would... though i did not believe her..

 

installing ram does not void your warranty ... They have instructions and pics on there web site

 

What happens when you need warranty work done on your laptop that has upgraded ram? Say the screen needs replacing; when I send it to Dell, do I need to take "my" ram out?

 

If you can find it cheaper outside dell then do that, if not go for the best deal, even if it is dell. People in the US take for granted how easy it is to get stuff like this and are blind to the fact that for you it's not an easy click away.