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| Thread ID: 67958 | 2006-04-11 20:02:00 | Upgrading RAM | Ralph (10190) | Press F1 |
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| 445795 | 2006-04-13 19:23:00 | Ok I may confused some of you for my problem when I'm gaming. It's not a fault with my RAM as a hardware. It's only that my games needs a lot of RAM so that's the hole reason I want to upgrade. I have everything at the lowest and still it freezes now and then. Also when I do some programs, it take an awful time and on my friend's computer it's a lot faster. I know that my laptop can have 2GB (2x1GB) maximum, so might as well go for that right now instead of buying 1GB and another one later. I guess I'm all set on the hole 1024 and 1280 but I have another question. Now I have my RAM at 400MHz, does it have to be 400Mhz for my next dual channel RAM? If not, is there a maximum that my motherboard can handle and if so how can I see what it is? Thanks a lot for your time. :thumbs: | Ralph (10190) | ||
| 445796 | 2006-04-13 21:03:00 | 400Mhz is the max a DDR motherboard can handle, unless you motherboard supports DDR2, 400 is the fastest you will get. What are your other system specs? ie video card, CPU, motherboard? it might not be your RAM. Are we talking about a desktop PC or Laptop? or is the Laptop a different thing? |
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| 445797 | 2006-04-13 21:46:00 | Also when I do some programs, it take an awful time and on my friend's computer it's a lot faster. Is your friend's computer a desktop or laptop? A desktop would be faster than a laptop. |
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| 445798 | 2006-04-13 22:22:00 | I have a laptop HP zd8210ca, videocard: x600ATI (128MB), RAM 2x256MB DDR2 400MHz, Processor: Pentium4 HT 3.0GHz. As for the motherboard, I dont have a clue whatsoever. For the program in comparison with my friend, it was a desktop witch has and older pentium then mine (not sure witch one is it exactly) but he has 1GB of RAM. Now I've been looking for prices on 2x1GB of RAM DDR2 400mhz for laptop and they are around 150$ each. I do believe that I can buy 2 exact same and that will do for a dual channel right?? or does it have to say dual channel ram? |
Ralph (10190) | ||
| 445799 | 2006-04-13 23:01:00 | So this whole thread is about a laptop then? A desktop will be faster at generally everything. I have been looking at the HP website and it says it supports DDR2.... Yes, 2 identical sticks is the way to go for dual channel though the site doesn't say if that is in dual channel or not.... Have you got the manual? it should say in there for upgrades. You could even take it to a PC repair/upgrade shop and see if they will tell you |
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