Adding RAM ?

Terrysdelight

Hi, can anyone tell me how easy it is to add ram to a laptop? My son has a dell xps M1330 and wants to increase his RAM so he can have better performance on his games and when surfing.

Where do I buy the RAM, and how do I install it?

Grateful for some help.
Many thanks
Terri

Rikki

Crucial Memory will scan your computer and advise you. Its best to buy from them too.

Click Here

dipsomaniac

goto crucial.co.uk and they will tell you what memory you need. you can then shop around for the memory. ebuyer is usually very competitive on price and delivery is very fast. installing memory on a laptop is usually just a case of turning upside down, opening a flap and installing

googler

There's video guides on YouTube for installing memory on Dell laptops - search for Dell or your model number.

Terrysdelight

dipsomaniac wrote: »

goto crucial.co.uk and they will tell you what memory you need. you can then shop around for the memory. ebuyer is usually very competitive on price and delivery is very fast. installing memory on a laptop is usually just a case of turning upside down, opening a flap and installing

Thank you much appreciated. :beer:

closed

having a cleanup might help

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2436849

how much is installed, and which operating system?

Terrysdelight

Thanks Closed. We did the cleanup before, but it made only a little bit of difference. I think my son only has 1 GB of RAM on his laptop.

closed

could you post a hijackthis log?

spakkker

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/xpsm1330/en/om/RW4910P.pdf
p158 -DDR2 667 SODIMM ,2 slots upto 2gb each
You won't play many games with g8400m gs
http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu_list.php

Terrysdelight

7 months later........

I'm finally going to get my poor son this extra RAM he so desparately needs. God I'm a rotten mum at times!

OK - so his XPS only takes a maximum of 4gb of Ram. 2gb in each slot. How do I tell how much Ram he has at the moment?

The manual says the lowest his laptop is is 1gb. If that is the case, I could buy him 2 x 2gb.

Grateful for an answer so I can get it ordered today before he abandons me.

Many thanks

Terrysdelight

Just discovered he has 2gb - found it under 'my computer'.