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    TM 5320 RAM question

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by sparkybhoy, Apr 22, 2009.

  1. sparkybhoy

    sparkybhoy Notebook Enthusiast

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    If I put any more than 2gig in my 5320 it won't even power up, and when I contacted Acer, this is what I was told, that most of their systems (aside from the gaming platforms) won't support more than 2g on a 32bit and will only recognise 3g on most 64's.
     
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    D'oh, it seems that Support in your location really sucks.

    What is your laptop's chipset? What BIOS version do you have?
     
    ATG, Apr 22, 2009
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    triturbo Long live 16:10 and MXM-B

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    ATG already gave you an answer. My 32-bit Vista Home Premium sees 3.05GB out of 4. If I move up to 64-bit (but I wont, because I like 32) it'll see the whole amount of available RAM - 4GB :)
     
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    sparkybhoy Notebook Enthusiast

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    TM 5320, chipset is GL960, the BIOS is 1.35
     
    sparkybhoy, Apr 22, 2009
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    Ok, GL960 officially support 2GB. Period.

    For some unknown reason though, Aspire 5315(which has GL960) does support 3GB of RAM in certain slot/stick combo. It might work for you too so if you still have that extra stick of 1GB of RAM I suggest you try different combinations.

    BIOS version is 1.35? The newest BIOS for you laptop that I could find out is v1.11 :confused:

    P.S. As we're hijacking the original thread I'm moving the latest posts in a new thread.
     
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    sparkybhoy Notebook Enthusiast

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    I noticed, but you have the thread title wrong :)

    I've tried two sticks of 2g and one 2g and one 1g and one 2g and one 512meg, neither would allow the laptop to be powered up.

    I got the BIOS from the ACER website, I used the XP one as there were none for Vista, and the sound output was none existant, but the BIOS upgrade and driver update "slightly" improved things, I discussed this on here when the laptop was new back in September.
     
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    But did you try, for example, the 2gb stick in the upper slot and the 1gb in the lower slot and then in reverse - 1gb in the upper slot and the 2gb in the lower slot?

    What's wrong with the title?

    Edit: So it's TM 5320? You said it was 5230 then you've edited your post didn't you ;) Thread title fixed.
     
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    sparkybhoy Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yes I tried it in different slots, I ordered the 4 gig after a post in the thread I've linked to.

    With regards the title, it's a TM5320 not TM5230 ;)
     
    sparkybhoy, Apr 22, 2009
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    Well then, I guess 2GB is indeed the max limit for your laptop. Too bad.
     
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    I've only just noticed that we had discussed this on the thread I have linked to lol
     
    sparkybhoy, Apr 22, 2009
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