Upgrading my ram ram ram! +REP!

[myke]

Heyy guysss....

I remember a while a back, I think it said the max ram for my laptop is 3.5 gb.

ryt.

http://crucial.com/uk/store/listparts.aspx?model=Pavilion%20dv6500t

im looking at that ram, and a 1gb stick to make 3gb.
or two 2gb...

but would it blow my laptop or somthing?

here's some technical stuff:

Motherboard Name Hewlett-Packard HP Pavilion dv6500 Notebook PC
DIMM1: Nanya NT512T64UH8B0FN-3C 512 MB DDR2-667 DDR2 SDRAM (5-5-5-15 @ 333 MHz) (4-4-4-12 @ 266 MHz) (3-3-3-9 @ 200 MHz)
DIMM2: Nanya NT512T64UH8B0FN-3C 512 MB DDR2-667 DDR2 SDRAM (5-5-5-15 @ 333 MHz) (4-4-4-12 @ 266 MHz) (3-3-3-9 @ 200 MHz)

North Bridge Properties:
North Bridge AMD Hammer DDR2 IMC
Supported Memory Types DDR2-400 SDRAM, DDR2-533 SDRAM, DDR2-667 SDRAM, DDR2-800 SDRAM


Yeah? No?

Thanks +REP

[Jordy]

Nah you'll be fine, your laptop can handle 4GB of RAM, however it will only make use of 3GB cause your Vista is 32 bit and you would need to reinstall Windows and pay for a new copy if you wanted 64 bit (Out the question probably).

You could get 2X 2GB but it would only make use of 2GB of it, or you could do 2X 1GB for 2GB, or simple 1X 2GB for 2GB, the best option though would be 1X 2GB & 1X 1GB for 3GB of RAM :)

[myke]

i think im going to do 2 2gb sticks... cus then i known that i've done what i can...
umm... also,

it says on there
Chipset: Intel GM965

is that ok??

[Jordy]

Chipset is your graphics. If you get 2x 2GB RAM it will only use 2GB RAM. Because Vista 32-bit cannot handle 4GB of RAM it will cancel out one of them so there really is no point get 2X 2GB RAM.

[Internets]

I'm not sure if you can... heh, I dunno. Hmm.

[myke]

i have an nvidia gfx card...

[DaveTaylor]

Well it can use 3.3GB, but that's getting technical, you can get 1 x 2GB and 1 x 1GB, it's up to you, you could get 4GB if it's cheap and you can get an extra 300MB of RAM.

The intel is your built in chipset.

[myke]

so it won't just use 2gb like jordy said?

[Soy]

Yeah if your using an 32 bit operating system your computer will only recognise about 3gb of it, anyway It's not about quantity of RAM, it's also about the quality.

If you want max performance get some fast reliable RAM, regardless of the price.

[Recursion]

If you legally own a license to 32bit, then you own a license to 64bit, the license key works for both versions and will activate. Infact, MS will sell you a 64-bit disk for like £5.

[myke]

na, i don't want another OS. i just need the ram.

still needing guidance tom :(

cus now one things saying one thing and another is saying another.

wna elp me over msn?

[N!ck]

If you put 2x2GB in it then the OS will recognise somewhere between 2.5GB and 3.5GB of it. Probably around 3-3.25GB in your case. It may be worth just going 1x2GB and 1x1GB. Is this on XP or Vista?

[myke]

vistaaaaa. :]
but i don't know whether it'll work now because of the ddr-pc number and the cl=5 and cl=6 stuff :|

[Recursion]

Just get 4GB, download a 64-bit ISO and activate it using your 32-bit key IMO