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    Memory Upgrade for Laptop

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by HeyMAK, May 3, 2011.

  1. HeyMAK

    HeyMAK Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello All,

    I'm planning to upgrade the Memory of my laptop (Acer Travelmate 8000 Series (Model: 8002LCi)). The current memory which my laptop is having is 512MB (DDR333 PC2700).

    I intend to upgrade the memory to 2GB. When I see the Service Manual and other information on the web, it says that I can upgrade the memory to 2GB since the Memory Slot is "2 Banks of 1".

    But when I look at the User Manual it says the below:
    "Memory is expandable to 2 GB (only one slot for user accessible), employing 256/512/1024-MB industry standard soDIMMs (Small Outline Dual Inline Memory Modules). The computer supports DDR (Double Data Rate) SDRAM. There are two memory slots on your computer, one of which is occupied by standard memory. You can upgrade memory by installing a memory module into the one available slot."

    The queries which I'm now having is
    - what does this "standard memory" the user manual is saying?
    - is it that 256MB is on-board memory, which cannot be accessed/removed, and 256MB is user-accessible? if this is so, then I'll have to upgrade only one bank to 1GB thereby making the total memory to 1.25GB?
    - is it that there is one user-accessible bank which can be upgraded with a single 2GB memory module?
    - which brand of memory module would be good for my laptop? I mean something cheap and best :)

    Thanks in advance.
     
    HeyMAK, May 3, 2011
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