Ram upgrade on laptops

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  • buteonidae
    Member
    • Nov 2006
    • 968

    #1

    Ram upgrade on laptops

    Hi, I decided to get another gig of ram for my laptop but I don't know how to put the thing in, have never done any upgrades on my laptop and they aren't as easy as the PCs, - also, I read online that the second slot is pretty hard to get to... does anyone know how to do it so I wouldn't damange my laptop? Any tips? any good sites that show u how to?

    I've got an Acer Aspire 1680 laptop...


    Thanks!
  • Vreki
    Senior Member
    • Oct 2007
    • 4226

    #2
    Looks easy enough to me: Acer Aspire 1680 manual

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    • signa
      CS-Nation / TGN Staff
      • Dec 2004
      • 4191

      #3
      Upgrading the memory on a laptop is as easy as a desktop. I've done it on a few laptops i've had. the manual Vreki posted will show you how. Now what I would suggest is to download and run CPUZ and find out what memory is in there, then check what voltage it is running at. Then when you buy your new memory, choose one with voltage specs the same as what you have now (especially if your planning on keeping some of your old memory in there).

      according to that manual, yours is:
      Code:
      Memory
      •256/512 MB of DDR333 SDRAM standard, upgradeable to 2048 MB 
      with dual soDIMM modules
      "Crunch's First Officer"
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      • buteonidae
        Member
        • Nov 2006
        • 968

        #4
        This is the one I go: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/66406/...specifications

        Adding another 1GB so I'll have 2GB.

        Thanks for the manual Vreki!

        I shall try when it arrives, hope I don't mess it up. I was just worried cuz on one website some guy said that it's very hard to get to slot no. 2 and a mate of mine, tried to add more ram to his mates laptop and somehow managed to damage the whole thing :S They switched it on, and after another reboot it was dead, wouldn't switch on :s so I was just worried incase I **** it up, too.

        Fingers crossed tho,


        Thanks guys!

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