Cheap Dell Laptop Inspiron 1.5 GHz 1300 £299 delivered. (merged) [CLOSED]

jaymac_2

-Okay, so now I've got my laptop, got my extra memory, got my screwdriver but where the heck do I put the memory? I know it's supposed to have 2 memory slots, I found the existing memory but couldn't see where the other bit was supposed to go. Am I really having a blonde moment, I thought it was supposed to be easy. Help, please!

Amba_Gambla

are both slots already full on this machine? do you have to take one out and replace it if you want to upgrade???

real1314

...and my 512mb from crucial, £45, not the cheapest, but guaranteed to work, refundable if not happy etc - peace of mind is sometimes worth a small (£20 on a £300+ laptop) amount extra.

anyway, the last 2 people had memory queries:

1. At 256mb it's got one free memory slot

2. The free slot is above the occupied slot - have a look in the Dell manual (there's a shortcut on the desktop) - it show putting memory into the lower slot (which has the 256mb dell memory in), the free one is above but slightly off-set from the occupied slot.

mine went in fine and boot up seemed to be quicker (have already dumped tiscali, aol and wannado)

hth

v happy with my deal and with dell's delivery (phoned on weds, delivered on friday) if not with their sales "techniques"!

wildbri

Today UPS delivered a 58w battery! do you have another parcel , no was his reply. So no machine just a battery and I have yet to get confim email although I was told by phone it was on its way but I cant track it because no numbers. God I hope its worth it after all this aggravation!

rowantoad

wildbri wrote:

Today UPS delivered a 58w battery! do you have another parcel , no was his reply. So no machine just a battery and I have yet to get confim email although I was told by phone it was on its way but I cant track it because no numbers. God I hope its worth it after all this aggravation!

What in the world!

That.... does not.... sound good.

I think you are going to have to give someone a severe ear bending...

i'm actually laughing at the absurdity of it! Looks to me like the salesman put through an order for a battery to avoid selling the laptop.

talkshop

rowantoad wrote:

What in the world!

That.... does not.... sound good.

I think you are going to have to give someone a severe ear bending...

i'm actually laughing at the absurdity of it! Looks to me like the salesman put through an order for a battery to avoid selling the laptop.

So the Indian guy gets his commission on the battery, as there is none on the laptop....definitely not looking good.

tightus_wad

crucial are showing 512mb for £36 delivered - or am i looking at the wrong stuff?

thfccambs

I've had a nightmare with getting shot of mcafree and a few other things.

Going to try and do a full system restore.I've made a copy of OS recovery CD,now can some one run through what i need to do now?

This is last resort as well.

Keep getting windows installer come on everytime i boot laptop up.

now getting sonic update manager keep coming up.

real1314

tightus_wad wrote:

crucial are showing 512mb for £36 delivered - or am i looking at the wrong stuff?

that £36 card is the same as the one I paid £45 for, looks like I've paid £9 for my "free" 256mb usb memory stick.

ah well

still a good deal for £425 inc 768MB ram (self upgrade), 15.4" screen and 3 yr at home warranty.

kingkano

!!!!!!s. typical really. I ordered my memory 1 day too early Is it worth me emailing them as they dropped the prices the day after I placed my order!! or is it just hard luck?