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    Upgrading an Acer Extensa 5620z memory

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by retropcarhaic, Jul 13, 2013.

  1. retropcarhaic

    retropcarhaic Newbie

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    Hello, i have been trying to upgrade my memory but i can't figure out which ram to buy, which is appropriate? :p

    This is the memory i now have;

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    In particular, can i buy one of these?

    Kingston 2GB DDR2-800MHz (KVR800D2S6/2G) or
    Kingston KHX6400S2ULK2/2G 2GB 800MHz DDR2 Non-ECC Ultra Low-Latency CL4 SODIMM or
    Kingston KTT800D2/2G 2GB 800MHz Module

    Thank you
     
    retropcarhaic, Jul 13, 2013
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  2. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    Assuming all three of those DIMMs are DDR2 and your laptop supports the extra RAM, any of the three should work. In fact, they are all basically the same.
     
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    retropcarhaic Newbie

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    It supports up to 4 GB of ram. Thank you.
     
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    ellalan Notebook Deity

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    I have 2 GB, 2x1 gb already. I was hoping to put 2x2 gb and take it to the max.
     
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    ellalan Notebook Deity

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    I had read that this varied from "selected models" to selected models. This is from the manual;

    System memory Up to 1 GB of DDR2 533/667 MHz memory, upgradeable to 2 GB using two soDIMM modules (dual-channel support) (for selected models)
    Up to 2 GB of DDR2 533/667 MHz memory, upgradeable to 4 GB using two soDIMM modules (dual-channel support) (for selected
    models)

    When i bought it it was supposedly upgradable to 4 GB. Any way that i can verify how upgradable it is?
     
    retropcarhaic, Jul 14, 2013
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    Check whether other owners upgraded to 4 GB. That 2 GB figure might just be because they never tested it with 4 GB when the model was released. I've seen that often on notebooks, my N50Vn has a reported max of 4 GB, but it can actually take 8 GB.
     
    tijo, Jul 14, 2013
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