memory

FirstTimer4Me

hiya

i've had some great help on here i'd be lost without you guys but i need some more help again please

i need some memory for this laptop

HP 530 Celeron M 440 /1.86 GHz 15.4" Widescreen TFT 1280 x 800 ( WXGA ), RAM 512 MB HDD 80 GB DVD±RW (+R double layer) / DVD-RAM GMA 950 Vista Home Basic

can anyone suggest the cheapest?

we have a different laptop and not long replaced the ram on it following the help on here - is it as straightforward to change as the ram on this machine?

thanks for any help anyone can give

angel00079

FirstTimer4Me wrote: »

hiya

i've had some great help on here i'd be lost without you guys but i need some more help again please

i need some memory for this laptop

HP 530 Celeron M 440 /1.86 GHz 15.4" Widescreen TFT 1280 x 800 ( WXGA ), RAM 512 MB HDD 80 GB DVD±RW (+R double layer) / DVD-RAM GMA 950 Vista Home Basic

can anyone suggest the cheapest?

we have a different laptop and not long replaced the ram on it following the help on here - is it as straightforward to change as the ram on this machine?

thanks for any help anyone can give

I'd recommend Crucial every time for RAM (great quality & value):

http://www.crucial.com/uk/store/listparts.aspx?model=Business%20Notebook%20530

Replacing one of the sticks is easy;

http://bizsupport1.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c01039180/c01039180.pdf

However it doesn't mention the 2nd one, I've never looked at a 530, but on the HP nx8220, nc6320 & 6710b etc.... I usually deal with, they are usually located under the keyboard which is slightly more difficult & depends on your confidence.

Hope that helps . . . .

GunJack

also, x-ref the results of the crucial scanner with cpu-z (google to find a download site) to check you're ordering the right kit. Many places to get cheap memory from, and don't forget quidco

p.s. ref memory slots under the keyboard - some can be very easy to get to (if I remember rightly, hp/compaq are easy, other brands can be more fiddly), and shouldn't pose too much in the way of problems..

FirstTimer4Me

thanks fr the help i used the crucial scanner as suggested and this is the result

http://www.crucial.com/uk/systemscanner/viewscanbyid.aspx?id=B04DE2E031D926C3

do i just go ahead now and order the memory from that site?

Iconic

According to the scan you appear to have 1.5GB already installed whereas you said you only had 512mb in your first post

FirstTimer4Me

Iconic wrote: »

According to the scan you appear to have 1.5GB already installed whereas you said you only had 512mb in your first post

hiya

blinking pc world again here's what happened when i bought the machine it only had minimum memory i took it to pc world for advice and they added some ram i did not know they left the original ram inside the machine

following my recent experience with pc world i'd rather not use them again which is why i'm asking for some help

hope that clears up any confusion i may have caused

GunJack

what you need to do is to note the type and spec of RAM, then shop around for that spec...e.g. DDR PC-2700, non-ecc, unbuffered, 2-3-3-4 shows the type, speed and clocking that you need...so shop on the spec and hunt down the bargains

so, from your scan above, you need a SODIMM (laptop style) DDR2 PC2-5300 1GB stick of RAM...quick look shows not much price variation, all around £12, and if you make a note of the crucial pt. no, then go through quidco, I think it's 7% cashback too

just one word of advice....when you get it, make sure you replace the 512MB stick from your lappy, not the existing 1GB stick :rolleyes:

FirstTimer4Me

GunJack wrote: »

just one word of advice....when you get it, make sure you replace the 512MB stick from your lappy, not the existing 1GB stick :rolleyes:

ta for your explantion but how do i tell which is 512 & which is 1gb?

Money_Grabber13579

FirstTimer4Me wrote: »

ta for your explantion but how do i tell which is 512 & which is 1gb?

If you've already got 1.5GB installed, and it will only take 2GB, there will be very little performance difference. However if you want to go ahaed, it says the 512 is in bank 1. This is usually the top one (at least it was in my case), although if in doubt, it should state on each memory chip what size it is.

GunJack

Money_Grabber13579 wrote: »

If you've already got 1.5GB installed, and it will only take 2GB, there will be very little performance difference.

this is a good point, esp if running XP, but you maybe will see a small improvement with Vista. You'd notice a bigger difference by giving it a good old spring-clean using CCleaner, disk cleanup (remember to also clean out the backup/shadow copies, will save you GBs of disk space) and defraggler more likely, and stopping all those unneeded programs from running on start-up

FirstTimer4Me

Money_Grabber13579 wrote: »

If you've already got 1.5GB installed, and it will only take 2GB, there will be very little performance difference. However if you want to go ahaed, it says the 512 is in bank 1. This is usually the top one (at least it was in my case), although if in doubt, it should state on each memory chip what size it is.

thanks for the advice i'm not sure how much of the 1.5gb ram is left, is there a way to find out how much ram i have left to use?