The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Dell Inspiron 1520 ram upgrade question...

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by abcme, Aug 21, 2007.

  1. abcme

    abcme Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    12
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    ok so I have the choice of getting my inspiron with 1-4gb of ram.

    What I want to know is.. does Dell do 2x512mb rams for 1gb, or 1x1gb?

    and how many ram chip slots does the inspiron 1520 come with??
     
    abcme, Aug 21, 2007
    #1
  2. powerpack

    powerpack Notebook Prophet

    Reputations:
    7,101
    Messages:
    5,757
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    Comes w/2 slots, and unless they say and you pay more, 2X512MB.
     
    powerpack, Aug 21, 2007
    #2
  3. abcme

    abcme Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    12
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    so is there a way to get 1x1gb?

    or should I just get 2gb from Dell?

    my laptop spec is gonna be T7300, 8600m GT
     
    abcme, Aug 21, 2007
    #3
  4. surfasb

    surfasb Titles Shmm-itles

    Reputations:
    2,637
    Messages:
    6,370
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    205
    I say just ebay the 2x 512 you get and get the 2 gb. or just toss em. Either way, it's cheaper than actually BUYing the 2 gb upgrade. If you are a computer newb, just spend the $125 or buy a pizza for your local computer geek and ask him to install it for ya. That's where the pizza grease on my lappy is from. haha
     
    surfasb, Aug 21, 2007
    #4
  5. abcme

    abcme Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    12
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    ic ic... i've installed ram chips in my desktop before, never in laptops, but I can manage right???

    oh and one more thing.

    are the chips 667mhz or 800mhz?
     
    abcme, Aug 21, 2007
    #5
  6. powerpack

    powerpack Notebook Prophet

    Reputations:
    7,101
    Messages:
    5,757
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    upgrade on your own!
    667Mhz RAM.
     
    powerpack, Aug 21, 2007
    #6
  7. err

    err Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    18
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    I believe it is 667 Mhz
     
    err, Aug 27, 2007
    #7
  8. kowell

    kowell Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    268
    Messages:
    547
    Likes Received:
    8
    Trophy Points:
    31

    It's 667mhz.

    Replacing RAM sticks on recent Dells is easy a pie. Just unscrew the memory panel under the laptop and you have direct access to the 2 memory slots.
     
    kowell, Aug 27, 2007
    #8
  9. Lithus

    Lithus NBR Janitor

    Reputations:
    5,504
    Messages:
    9,788
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    205
    Lithus, Aug 27, 2007
    #9
  10. kowell

    kowell Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    268
    Messages:
    547
    Likes Received:
    8
    Trophy Points:
    31
    I agree..this IS stupid.... it's a setback from the Inspiron 1505/6400 model.... I understand that about 90% of buyers will never change the RAM but still... it's stupid...
     
    kowell, Aug 30, 2007
    #10
  11. Scalamoosh

    Scalamoosh Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    5
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    I just bought a Dell off ebay with the specs you want.. I'd pay a little more and get the Asus G1 with the 8600m GT. It's clock and whatnot are far superior to the Dell.

    The Dell blows for playing games. I'm running
    T7300,
    2 gigs 667 Mhz.,
    Dell/Nividia Geforce 8600M GT,
    Windows Vista 32 bit.

    Sad part is that my Pentium 4
    3.2 ghz.
    2 gigs of corsair XMS pro memory,
    and Raedon X850 Pro -- Flashed to X850 XT/PE

    is getting higher bench marks than a computer/card that is probably
    5 years newer technology-wise. I built this thing a long time ago..
    Originally with a Geforce 4 somethin or other in it.

    My dell runs Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion like crap on medium settings. My 5 year old desktop, runs the game better.

    Though I got my Dell for 1100 bucks off Ebay and saved about 500. So I am not complaining. Just saying.
     
    Scalamoosh, Sep 10, 2007
    #11