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    How many slots for RAM in Sony VAIO SR

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by bahamutscale, Feb 5, 2009.

  1. bahamutscale

    bahamutscale Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi,

    I'm pretty bad with computers, but I was wondering how many sticks of RAM a VAIO SR could hold.

    I'm thinking about purchasing an SR with 3 GB (1x1GB + 1x2GB) and just add another 1GB stick (a friend mis-purchased a laptop RAM thinking its a desktop RAM and gave it to me). However, I'm not sure if there's room in the notebook to insert one more RAM.

    Thanks!
     
    bahamutscale, Feb 5, 2009
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  2. Bog

    Bog Losing it...

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    Almost all 15" (and up) laptops sport only 2 RAM slots, thus you would need to buy a 2GB stick and replace the 1GB module with it for a total of 4GB. Also, in order to address 4GB of RAM, you will need a 64-bit operating system.
     
    Bog, Feb 5, 2009
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  3. DetlevCM

    DetlevCM Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    That is excluding the possebility of hardware adressing additional RAM above 3GB.
     
    DetlevCM, Feb 5, 2009
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    Yes, but presumably someone upgrading to 4GB of RAM wants to make full use of their upgrade.
     
    Bog, Feb 5, 2009
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