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    Help with ram

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Thomas, Jun 20, 2007.

  1. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    Sorry to sound like a complete ediot but iwant to upgrade my notebooks ram and cansome one tell me if you have to update the
    BIOS or drivers to do it
     
    Thomas, Jun 20, 2007
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    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Nope...you should be fine no matter what.
     
    Greg, Jun 20, 2007
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  3. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    ok thanks because my notebook comes with 2 512MB ram chips instesd of 1 1gb one so i didnt want to spend all that money buying 2 for nothing
     
    Thomas, Jun 20, 2007
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    Zero The Random Guy

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    You don't have to purchase two modules of new RAM. Its possible to simply use one of the current modules, and use a new one. 1 GB modules are fairly cheap these days, and you can get one of those and install it, giving a total of 1.5 GB of RAM.
     
    Zero, Jun 20, 2007
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    Thomas McLovin

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    the dell inspiron 1gb of ram ship ith 2 512 Mb modules
     
    Thomas, Jun 20, 2007
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