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    Acer 5920g memory upgrade

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by pleo2005, Jun 19, 2008.

  1. pleo2005

    pleo2005 Newbie

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    I have bought an Acer 5920g laptop with this processor

    Core2Duo t7300 (2ghz 800mhz fsb 4mb L2 cache)

    It came with 2gb of pc5300 667mhz memory. I want to upgrade to 4gb but would pc6400 800mhz memory be compatible.

    thanks for any help given
     
    pleo2005, Jun 19, 2008
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  2. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    800Mhz memory will downclock to 667MHz. The chipset does not support 800MHz, but the RAM will work at the slower speed.

    Go with the cheaper option.
     
    Greg, Jun 19, 2008
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  3. Andy

    Andy Notebook Prophet

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    the 5920g has got an i965 so it ll max out at 4GB PC2-5300 or 5400....!!
     
    Andy, Jun 19, 2008
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    Would I be able to put a 800mhz 2 gb and a 667mhz 1 gb in at the same time
     
    pleo2005, Jun 19, 2008
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  5. bigozone

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    yes you can mix the two speeds.. the faster ram will downclock to match the slower ram... which BTW is the fastest your motherboard chipset can use anyway..
     
    bigozone, Jun 19, 2008
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