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    Dell Inspiron Laptop 1501 - Maximum RAM?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by kavakava, Oct 18, 2007.

  1. kavakava

    kavakava Newbie

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    Hi,

    The system came with 2x 512MB RAM - total of 1GB. I was sent a 2GB memory upgrade, so I had to remove one of the modules, and was supposed to get 2.5 GB in total. But it seems like the machine will only take max 1GB per slot, and max 2GB in total, despite that my system says it has 2.5GB.

    Dell confirms that the max capacity of RAM that can be used in my Vista Home Premium laptop is 2GB, and max 1GB per module. So, I am only using 1,5GB. True?

    Is there any way (like a downloadable tool or an application) that can check how much RAM my PC is actually using?

    Many thanks!
     
    kavakava, Oct 18, 2007
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  2. CeeNote

    CeeNote Notebook Virtuoso

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    The max capacity for any 32Bit OS is 3.2 gigs but your particular model (the 1501) only supports 2gigs. There's no way you can use more than that in your notebook.
     
    CeeNote, Oct 18, 2007
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