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RAM upgrade in Dell Inspiron 1564 laptop
Hello guys I have a Dell Inspiron 1564 windows 7 32 bit laptop.it has 3 GB ram in 2 slots (one 2 gb and another 1 gb) and I want to expand it to 8 gb.
Is it possible to expand it to 8 gb?????
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Hello guys I have a Dell Inspiron 1564 windows 7 32 bit laptop.it has 3 GB ram in 2 slots (one 2 gb and another 1 gb) and I want to expand it to 8 gb.
Is it possible to expand it to 8 gb?????
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ejn63
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November 17th, 2018 07:00
Anything Core 2 Duo or later will take 64-bit Windows. That said - no, you can't upgrade 32-bit to 64-bit -- you must do a clean install followed by reloading and configuring everything.
If you have plans to continue using the system past January 1, 2020, when all updates for WIndows 7 cease, take the time to install 64-bit Windows 10 - there's little sense spending the hours worth of work to install 64-bit WIndows 7, when you'll have to upgrade to 10 in just over a year anyway.
JOcean
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November 16th, 2018 06:00
From the Dell specs..so yes. However you are running a 32 bit OS so you will only be able to access 4 GB maximum. You should consider a 64 bit OS to go higher such as Windows 7 64 bit or Windows 10 64 bit. The 1564 came with a 64 bit OS, are you sure you have a 32 bit OS?
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November 17th, 2018 05:00
Thank you JOcean,it is very useful information and yes my laptop came with windows 7 32 bit version but can I upgrade it to windows 7 64 bit to use the full 8 GB of ram.
How to check if my laptop hardware support it or not?
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November 17th, 2018 07:00
Thank you ejn63,thats good info on windows 7