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| Thread ID: 96184 | 2009-01-01 21:31:00 | Help with memory upgrade for Compaq Presario C500 | pico (4752) | Press F1 |
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| 734027 | 2009-01-01 21:31:00 | Hi all, I am trying to help out one of my family with a memory upgrade for their laptop (Compaq Presario C500). It currently has 512MB of ram and it looks like it has one slot free. So I was just going to grab a 2GB one and chuck it in but I wanted to see what memory speed it can handle and how much. I found one website which said that it can take up to 1GB and another which said it could take up to 2GB. I'm surprised that there is such a low limit when most desktops can take up to 4GB. Also it looks like the ram can be PC4200 in speed (533 MHz DDR2). Has anyone got any experience with these laptops and make any recommendations on what kind of ram I should be going for? |
pico (4752) | ||
| 734028 | 2009-01-01 21:36:00 | try this (www.crucial.com). it scans your system and tells you exactly what type of ram , speed of ram etc, all you need to know. neat little program |
GameJunkie (72) | ||
| 734029 | 2009-01-01 21:38:00 | According to the corsair site here (www.corsairmemory.com) it takes this RAM DDR2-533 (PC2-4200) SODIMM | gary67 (56) | ||
| 734030 | 2009-01-01 22:59:00 | h10010.www1.hp.com According to this, it should have 1GB in it already, and accepts only 1GB maximum. So if you've only got 512MB, somebody's ripped you off :angry; but that would allow you to add another 512MB of DDR2-533 if you want (or 1 stick of 1GB, only :)). |
feersumendjinn (64) | ||
| 734031 | 2009-01-02 21:50:00 | h10010.www1.hp.com According to this, it should have 1GB in it already, and accepts only 1GB maximum. So if you've only got 512MB, somebody's ripped you off :angry; but that would allow you to add another 512MB of DDR2-533 if you want (or 1 stick of 1GB, only :)). Yeah I saw that too and thought exactly the same thing, that they got ripped off! So I'll do as you suggest and grab them either a 1GB stick or another 512. The only benefit to getting a 512 is that it might run in dual channel mode. Anyone know if this is possible for this MB? PS thanks for all the other responses. |
pico (4752) | ||
| 734032 | 2009-01-03 00:52:00 | try this (www.crucial.com). it scans your system and tells you exactly what type of ram , speed of ram etc, all you need to know. neat little program Hey Game Junkie, I had the owner run that utility on their system and it also says it can take up to 2 x 1GB of ram. So I have the manufacturers site saying it can only take 1GB and other sites saying it can take twice as much. What happens if you stick more ram in that the system can take? Does it fry anything or just fail to boot? Just wondering whether buying 2 x 1GB is an option and if it can't take the second one, selling it on Trademe or something. Thoughts would be welcome :-). |
pico (4752) | ||
| 734033 | 2009-01-03 01:21:00 | 32bit windows, whatever version , will only recognize 3.5GB of ram but it shouldnt fry anything. if two different ram utilities suggest 2x1Gb of ram then i would go for that. the one i suggested to you i ran on my desktop which showed all the info you need and that i could add up to 8GB of ram. in the end its their choice if the want to buy 2X1GB ram, i say go for it |
GameJunkie (72) | ||
| 734034 | 2009-01-03 01:44:00 | 32bit windows, whatever version , will only recognize 3.5GB of ram but it shouldnt fry anything. if two different ram utilities suggest 2x1Gb of ram then i would go for that. the one i suggested to you i ran on my desktop which showed all the info you need and that i could add up to 8GB of ram. in the end its their choice if the want to buy 2X1GB ram, i say go for it Yeah if it were my laptop I'd just give that option a go but since its not I'll let them decide. I can't see why it shouldn't work. I guess the only question is whether there'll be much performance increase from 1GB to 2GB considering the CPU will probably be the next bottleneck. But they are running Vista which does like a lot of mem! Thanks for the advice. |
pico (4752) | ||
| 734035 | 2009-01-03 11:03:00 | Yeah if it were my laptop I'd just give that option a go but since its not I'll let them decide. I can't see why it shouldn't work. I guess the only question is whether there'll be much performance increase from 1GB to 2GB considering the CPU will probably be the next bottleneck. But they are running Vista which does like a lot of mem! Thanks for the advice. I upgraded one of these recently to 1.5Gb (it had 512Mb originally, way too little for Vista :lol: ). I added a 1Gb module in the spare slot as the manual says the maximum is 1Gb in each slot for a maximum of 2Gb installed. My niece reports that the laptop is much more responsive now, she is able to switch between applications much quicker and leave more running concurrently than before. Bootup still takes an age though :rolleyes: |
Rod J (451) | ||
| 734036 | 2009-01-03 11:18:00 | what about upgradeing a toshiba satellite a100 is it worth it? and can i it only has 198mb of ram in it atm and is incredibly slow. would this improve speeds? | ZapperBoy10647 (11988) | ||
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