Acer Laptop, Adding Memory

marbar2k

i have got an Acer travelmate laptop which i bought from tesco a few months ago. It only has 256 memory and i want to add a bit more. How hard is it to do? i have little knowledge on installing hardware but i am willing to give it a ago. Is it just a case of plug and play? It has 256 at the mo, can i add another 512 stick or does it have to be another 256?

This is ram i have found http://www.orcalogic.co.uk/asp/prodtype.asp?prodtype=19493&ft=m&st=3

what do you think of the price?

akmodi

HI,

Buy this:

http://www.crucial.com/uk/store/partspecs.Asp?IMODULE=CT6464AC40E

Crucial -- very high quality -- good price £37.59 delivered.

Cheers

marbar2k

can i add this in addition to my 256 in there to increase it to 768 or do i have to take my 256 out?

how hard is it to fit?

akmodi wrote:

HI,

Buy this:

http://www.crucial.com/uk/store/partspecs.Asp?IMODULE=CT6464AC40E

Crucial -- very high quality -- good price £37.59 delivered.

Cheers

espresso

marbar2k wrote:

can i add this in addition to my 256 in there to increase it to 768 or do i have to take my 256 out?

You can add one extra memory module so it's up to you.

marbar2k wrote:

how hard is it to fit?

If you are asking this, you should read the manual that came with the computer!

:rolleyes:

f1charlie

Fitting should go something like this:

http://www.buycomputermemory.com/installing-laptop-memory.html


And remember Quidco for Crucial!

Charlie

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Fitting is really easy. Mind you when I added RAM to my Acer I stupidly didn't use a sensible screwdriver to remove the cover on the laptop base so had some trouble removing. Once the cover is off you just slip it in. However you may need to put the larger sized chip in the socket already filled and move the existing chip to the other slot. But this is really simple. If you can put toast in a toaster you can do this.

marbar2k

thanks for all the info, is it hard to set the bios up?

espresso

marbar2k wrote:

thanks for all the info, is it hard to set the bios up?

You still haven't read the manual have you!

:rolleyes: