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    Using more RAM than specs - MX6455

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by OperaHawk, Jun 24, 2008.

  1. OperaHawk

    OperaHawk Newbie

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    Hey there.

    I have a MX6455 and I'm quite happy with it. I had read at a memory site (which shall remain nameless) that I could install 4GB of RAM. So I saved my pennies and bought two 2 GB sticks and installed them. For a while, this thing flew. Now it's slowed down to normal. I got on Gateway's live chat, and found that (alas) the specs say that 2GB is the max for this laptop.

    I still have the 4GB in the laptop - can I use any of the extra RAM?

    Thanks!

    SBJ
     
    OperaHawk, Jun 24, 2008
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  2. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Nope. You have a hardware limitation here.
     
    Greg, Jun 24, 2008
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  3. dtwn

    dtwn C'thulhu fhtagn

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    Out of curiosity, are you using DDR or DDR2 RAM?

    If you're using the ATI 1150 chipset and DDR2 RAM, you an use more than 2 GB

    If you're using the ATI Xpress 200 chipset and DDR RAM, you're stuck at 2 GB.

    According to Gateway's specs, the MX6455 has the ATI Xpress 200 chipset, but apparently, the Xpress 200 chipsets were later made into ATI 1150 chipsets as well?

    I might be wrong, it's rather confusing.
     
    dtwn, Jun 24, 2008
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  4. OperaHawk

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    Well bugger...

    I am using DDR2 RAM, but it is an ATI Raedon Express 200M.

    Anyone want some memory? :rolleyes:

    Thanks, all.

    SBJ
     
    OperaHawk, Jun 25, 2008
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  5. dtwn

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    How much RAM does your system recognize?
     
    dtwn, Jun 25, 2008
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