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    Acer Aspire 4720... Ram Problem!

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by syc1234, Jan 27, 2008.

  1. syc1234

    syc1234 Newbie

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    Hi Im new to this forum... I recently purchased an ACER ASPIRE 4720
    and I live in Canada, if it matters

    This is the comp I bought...
    http://www.thesourcecc.com/estore/p...y=Notebooks_English&catalog=Online&tab=2#more

    Now I did some research my laptop uses PC4200 DDR2 533 SODIMM RAM?
    I opened it up and saw 2 Samsung 512 sticks.
    So Now I am wondering if I can buy one gig PC4200 DDR2 533 RAM and STICK it with one of the 512 RAMS and take the extra 512 out. So 1.5 GIG RAM in total is that possible?
    Or do I have to buy 2 1024 RAM to make it 2 GIG?
    thanks
    PS PC4200 Is the correct RAM my laptop uses? Or it can use other ones 2? Kind of a newb >.<
     
    syc1234, Jan 27, 2008
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  2. powerpack

    powerpack Notebook Prophet

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    Yes you can. Yes PC4200/4300 200 pin SODIMM. All DDR2 is compatible so you could buy PC6400 but would run at PC4200 speed. Pairs do not have to be matched.
     
    powerpack, Jan 27, 2008
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