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    HP tx2000z ram upgrade help

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by hammadurb, May 30, 2008.

  1. hammadurb

    hammadurb Notebook Guru

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    Hello,

    I recently purchased the HP tx2000z from Office Depot and I have a question about upgrading the ram from 2GB to 4GB. I wanted to know what kind of ram do I need? Listed below are the specs. Thanks for your help!



    # Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium with Service Pack 1 (32-bit or 64-bit)
    # AMD Turion 64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile Technology TL-60 (2.0 GHz)
    # 12.1" diagonal WXGA High-Definition HP BrightView Widescreen (1280 x 800) w/Integrated Touch-screen
    # 2GB DDR2 System Memory (2 Dimm)
    # NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150
    # HP Imprint Finish (Echo) + Fingerprint Reader + Microphone + Webcam
    # 802.11b/g WLAN and Bluetooth
    # 250GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
    # LightScribe SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-RW with Double Layer Support
    # 6 Cell Lithium Ion Battery
     
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  2. flipfire

    flipfire Moderately Boss

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    2x2gb PC-5300 DDR2 667mhz 200pin to be exact. Check out newegg.com for cheap RAM

    brand doesnt matter as they all perform the same
     
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  3. hammadurb

    hammadurb Notebook Guru

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    Thanks for the quick response!!!

    Do you think I should get 1x2gb stick or just get 2x2gb sticks? I don't want any computability issues with different types of ram.

    I found these from NewEgg. They're pretty good price at $75.

    Or the 1x2gb stick at $43 with shipping - NewEgg.

    Thanks!
     
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  4. miner

    miner Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    If you can afford the 4GB, then go for it. But do remember that if you chose the 32bit OS, then you will only be able to use ~3.2GB of the 4GB RAM. But the tx2000z should definately support 4GB and since it is the max for the system you are good to go even if you deicde to upgrade to 64bit in the future.
     
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  5. unknowntt

    unknowntt Notebook Evangelist

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    Yes did you get the 32 bit or 64 bit edition of Vista Home Premium? Again, if you got the 32 bit edition, you'll only be able to utilize 3.2~3.4ish GB of RAM. The 64 bit edition will allow you to utilize a maximum of 18446744073709551616 bytes of RAM lol (I think). But with notebook chipsets these days, they only support up to 4 GB (although I have an Intel article that says they have laptop chipsets that support 8 GB of RAM....)
     
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