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    How easy/difficult to add RAM to vaio Z540

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by Laptopaddict, Jul 6, 2009.

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    It's pretty easy to buy 2 x 2GB DDR3 1066 which is cheap. However it is still a pain to find 2 x 4GB DDR3 1066 because Z only accepts the Micron modules.

    In other words, it's easy and cheap to upgrade it to 4GB, but hard and expensive to upgrade it to 8GB.
     
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    I plan to downgrade to XP and add only 1 Gig Ram
     
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    What would 2 Gig DDR3 1066 cost ?
     
    Laptopaddict, Jul 8, 2009
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