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    Sony Vaio PCG-K86P RAM Upgrading

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by teknosis, Nov 5, 2006.

  1. teknosis

    teknosis Newbie

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    Hi,

    I was wondering if any body would be able to advise me on whether or not it would be possible to upgrade the RAM on my sony vaio laptop above 1GB.

    I have no idea why they say 1GB only.. that really sucks... Is it possible to get a patch for the BIOS or something allowing it to handle over 1GB of ram??

    Why would they limit a laptop to only 1GB of RAM... its silly any ideas how i can improve the speed of my laptop, as it is a 3.2Mhz laptop but doesnt appear to run that quick. I have re installed the OS using my own XP cd and just installed the applications i needed from the recovery software..

    Any ideas... I need more RAM in this machine .. help.
     
    teknosis, Nov 5, 2006
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  2. ZaZ

    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    You could buy some stick from somewhere it is easy to return if it don't work.
     
    ZaZ, Nov 5, 2006
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  3. matt.modica

    matt.modica Notebook Consultant

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    You could try to flash the BIOS, that might bring up the max amount (It brought up my max capacity from 2 to 4 GB). You will really only benefit from another GB of RAM if you game or put Linux on.
     
    matt.modica, Nov 5, 2006
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