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    3gb/4gb RAM on M1330?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by photognj, Apr 22, 2008.

  1. photognj

    photognj Notebook Geek

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    Hi,

    I have a M1330 with 2gb of RAM in two slots. I ran the system scanner at Crucial.com and they suggest I get 2 2gb RAM chips. I see Vista Home Premium might only address up to 3gb of RAM.

    Crucial.com suggests DDR-2 chips should be matched for best performance. Since Vista 32bit only addresses 3gb of RAM will it be OK if I just get a 2 GB RAM chip? Will performance be affected with non-matching RAM chips?

    What would you suggest? Thanks.
     
    photognj, Apr 22, 2008
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  2. X2P

    X2P COOLING | NBR Super Mod

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    Actually 3.25 is average I get 3.5 with XP Home

    Performance will only be lost 1-2% from no Dual chanelling
     
    X2P, Apr 22, 2008
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    Kreeeee Notebook Evangelist

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    I get 3582MB on my xps m1330 with an 8400GS and vista home premium32bit.
     
    Kreeeee, Apr 22, 2008
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