What memory should I use for upgrading my notebook computer?
Laptops are not very upgradable computers and in general you stuck with hardware you got inside your laptop. But still there are some components that you can upgrade to improve the performance of you computer. One of these components is memory (RAM). In short, more memory – better computer performance.
There are a lot of different memory brands on the market and sometimes it is very easy to get lost. As a computer technician I would recommend to use Crucial – high quality, not expensive and very reliable computer memory.
Crucial offers you very good tools integrated into their website. These tools will help you to find the correct memory type and correct memory size for your computer.
If you have no idea what kind of memory is installed into your laptop you should use the Crucial system scanner. The Crucial System Scanner takes the guesswork out of upgrading your memory.
The Crucial system scanner will examine you computer and give you an idea what kind of memory you need, what memory size you should use and how many sticks you can install.
More advanced users can use the Crucial Memory Advisor tool. In this case you will have to select the manufacturer, the product line and the model of your laptop manually.
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51 Responses to “What memory should I use for upgrading my notebook computer?”
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February 23rd, 2007 at 1:25 am
Yes I have a Toshiba A5-S1064. I have 1.60GHz and 504 MB of Ram. They thing is i can have windows vista on my computer. i had it before, but it does say that your MB need to 524 ( I think) anyway i want to upgrade. what be the best for me. my uncle said that 1g is = two 524’s. So should i get 1g or what.
Thanks Jayson
February 4th, 2007 at 7:14 am
HELLO freak i have an Inspiron 5160 its two yeasr old and running good with -2GB of memory - and like to upgrade processor from 2.80GHz to higher because i need more CPU ive seen a processor that is 3.20 GHz . Dell doesnot want support of processor change ,what do you recommend?
October 26th, 2006 at 8:50 pm
I have a Toshiba satellite A55-s306, and I bought new RAM for it just recently. It’s a 512, and I know it’s the correct type of RAM becasue I checked about a dozen sites and htey all recoomended me the same one. The problem is no matter what slot I try to install it into, with or without the original RAM in the computer, when I try to boot the computer up it beeps rather loudly, and nothing happens. The screen stays black.
From CJ2600:
I think that Caitlin not the only person who experience the same problem, so I decided to publish her comment as a post, you’ll find it here:
I installed a brand new RAM into my notebook. Now the notebook will not boot up and beeps when I turn it on.
June 28th, 2006 at 7:17 pm
Thanks, I’ll see who has the best deal on a 2.5 drive.
Regards
Mike
June 28th, 2006 at 11:32 am
Mike,
New 40GB hard drive should work without any problem. You can install even a bigger drive.
June 27th, 2006 at 5:10 pm
If there is a site for this question tell me I should have read the posts first and I’ll beg forgiveness later.
I have a Toshiba 1805-177 with a mk2018 gap 20 gig drive. Will a mk4025gas 40gig drive work in it’s place. I use this notebook as a backup with 512meg of ram. have winxp pro sp 2 loaded with no problems. can’t bash Toshiba it has worked 4 years with no problems.
Thanks
Mike
May 23rd, 2006 at 7:22 pm
Hey Doyle,
Sorry for a late response, kinda missed your comment. You cannot clean the keyboard and it must be replaced to operate properly.
About the memory upgrade. Toshiba Satellite A55 has 2 memory slots available for upgrades. You definitely can upgrade the memory, but I cannot say witch memory size and memory type you should use because you didn’t provide all needed information. Some Satellite A55 laptops can accept up to 1GB, some of them up to 2 GB. Some models use PC2700 DDR333 memory, some use PC4200 DDR2. I can look it up for you if you tell me the laptop model, for example Satellite A55-S1064 and how much memory you have currently installed.
May 23rd, 2006 at 7:09 pm
Hey Nril,
In your case it would be necessary to replace the motherboard if you want to use both memory slots. Otherwise, you can use only A slot with maximum amount of memory installed.
May 22nd, 2006 at 10:29 am
Slot B in my Tecra 8200 has gone dead. The memory doesn’t show up at all (in BIOS, Memtest, windows). I”ve tried various sticks in both slots and determined that the problem is definitely in the slot and not the memory.
Both slots worked when I got the machine and installed new RAM. Somewhere after that it failed, perhaps while I was troubleshooting a bad used mini-pci WiFi card I had installed.
Anything I can try short of replacing the motherboard?
May 13th, 2006 at 7:27 pm
I have a Toshiba A55 and I have two problems. First I spilled coke on the key board and would like to know how to clean the keyboard. Alot of the keys have the wrong function now and I have connected a USB Keyboard. I saw your instructions on how to remove the keyboard. Second, am I able to add Ram and how much. Thank you Doyle