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    Getting New Ram Help?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Davetron, Dec 27, 2007.

  1. Davetron

    Davetron Newbie

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    I currently have a 1 year old laptop that I purchased from CYBERPOWERPC.COM one of the memory slots doesn't work now, so i'm only rocking a 512 stick of ram. I had 512 in each slot, making it obviously 1gb of ram,

    QUESTION...is.. can i buy a stick of 1gb ram to put in one of the slots, i'm not too familair with laptops and how they work really.

    here is some information i got from the program SIW just incase that helps..

    Cpu Socket Socket 754 [CPU 1]
    Chipset Model SiS755 CPU to PCI Bridge
    Memory Summary
    Location System board or motherboard
    Maximum Capacity 8192 MBytes
    Memory Slots 2

    any help will be greatly appreciated..

    thank you in advance.
     
    Davetron, Dec 27, 2007
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  2. powerpack

    powerpack Notebook Prophet

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    Yes you can put a 1GB stick in. Question, what happened to your 2nd slot? Are you sure it is the slot?
     
    powerpack, Dec 27, 2007
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  3. D3X

    D3X the robo know it all

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    You need to check if your system is DDR1 or DDR2. Download CPU-Z and go over to the memory tab and post a screenshot.
     
    D3X, Dec 27, 2007
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  4. sly

    sly m1530 owner!!!

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    u can buy 1gb even two and install it easily
     
    sly, Dec 27, 2007
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  5. Davetron

    Davetron Newbie

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    thx you for the quick responses..... My friend told me that one of my memory slots burned up....so when we try to put ram in there, it doesn't start or doesn't read at all..

    here is the screenshot you asked for..

    thank you again

    [​IMG]
     
    Davetron, Dec 27, 2007
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  6. powerpack

    powerpack Notebook Prophet

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    CPU-Z screenshot is not reading your Ram correctly. Says 2.5 volts (DDR) but says PC3200 which is DDR2 1.8V. ??
     
    powerpack, Dec 28, 2007
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  7. surfasb

    surfasb Titles Shmm-itles

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    If it's Socket 754 like in your Sig, it's gonna be DDR.
     
    surfasb, Dec 28, 2007
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  8. scythie

    scythie I died for your sins.

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    PC3200 is DDR 400 MHz.
     
    scythie, Dec 28, 2007
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  9. powerpack

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    Correct, I must of fallen asleep while typing! :confused:

    Can be DDR2 but not in this case with that voltage.
     
    powerpack, Dec 28, 2007
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