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    hp memory upgrade question RAM

    Discussion in 'HP' started by GCX7388, Jul 23, 2007.

  1. GCX7388

    GCX7388 Notebook Enthusiast

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    hey all im getting the new dv9500t with the santa rosa technology and im wondering how to go about upgrading the ram. i customized it with 1 gb of ram and i want to know about upgrading that. im assuming theres 2x512 in the comp and i want to know should i get 1x2048 or 2x1024, the speed...667 or 800 etc i appreciate the help guys thx!
     
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  2. Kdawgca

    Kdawgca rotaredoM repudrepuS RBN

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    If you put 800mhz ram into a santa rosa notebook, it will downclock it too 667mhz so it would be cheaper just to get DDR2-667 ram. Santa Rosa notebooks can use 4gb(2x2gb) with a 64bit OS.

    I would get 1x2gb stick.

    Look at the Hot ram deals thread for great prices on DDR2-667 ram
     
    Kdawgca, Jul 23, 2007
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  3. abcdelight

    abcdelight Notebook Guru

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    As kdawga wrote, Santa Rosa only supports DDR2 667 so no need to go for DDR 800. You could even use DDR 533. If your running vista it seems 2 gb is the sweet spot so I would get at least 2x1gb to keep your dual channel intact (or a t least 1 x 1gb if you dont want to spend money all at once). Keep in mind if you have a C2D with large caches they lessen the need for high performance memory.
     
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    In a number of places I have seen the reference to 4GB of memory only with 64 OS. I have a desktop P4 that I run Vista on with 4GB of memory. The computer BIOS sees the full 4GB, but the 32bit Vista only sees 3GB. I know this is due to the addresses that Vista uses for other things.

    Question--On HP vd9500 series will the 32bit Vista do the same or will it crash and not run?
     
    drjdan, Jul 23, 2007
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  5. kanehi

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    Only replace the RAM with the same type of spec specified by HP. Too fast a speed is probably money down the drain.
     
    kanehi, Jul 23, 2007
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    get 1 2gb stick just incase you want to upgrade to 4gb at a later time
     
    mtor, Jul 23, 2007
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  7. JoeCHecht

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    Get the 667. Faster just gets downclocked. Get a good deal, test the ram, and if it works, it is as good as the higher priced ram. I got 4 gigs for under $200. Vistax64 sees it all, but my graphics card sucks up 768mb.
     
    JoeCHecht, Jul 23, 2007
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    It will do the same.
     
    Matthew., Jul 23, 2007
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