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    Some memory advice please

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Fingleburt, Dec 18, 2008.

  1. Fingleburt

    Fingleburt Newbie

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    Ello everyone,

    I foolishy bought some new memory at 3am the other day without checking the systems memory specification. I just saw the DDR2 800Mhz PC6400, unfortunately I didn't realise that the ram slots on the M1530 can only take up to 1GB each :( and yes you guessed it..........I bought one stick of 2GB. I was just wondering stupidly what would happen if I tried to install the 2GB stick? It's a Dell Dimension 9200.


    TIA

    Fingle.

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    Aww this is why I shouldn't be allowed on the pc @ this time of night lol. Can a mod move this to a Dell generic forum? I can't seem to be able to delete the thread.
     
    Fingleburt, Dec 18, 2008
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  2. TabbedOut

    TabbedOut Notebook Evangelist

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    Your computer probably won't boot
     
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    bikerboy94 Notebook Evangelist

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    each slot will take up 2 gigs in 32 bit more if you have 64 bit.
    it will read the 800 as 667
     
    bikerboy94, Dec 18, 2008
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  4. Andy

    Andy Notebook Prophet

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    The M1530 can handle upto 8GB, with 4GB per slot.

    EDIT: You wanna install memory in the XPS or the Dimension ?
     
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    I'm sorry, I just saw the NBR M1530 review. It looks like it can take up to 4gb (or 8gb whatever), so the 2gb module should not make a difference.
     
    TabbedOut, Dec 18, 2008
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