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Maximum memory for Vostro 1700
Hi.
I know the maximum amount of memory advertised for the Vostro 1700 is 4GB RAM, but often these specs change. I want to know if 8GB RAM installed in my Vostro 1700 will work. Might there be a BIOS update to enable this, or has anyone tried this to see if it would just work?
Thanks.
djarvis8
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September 21st, 2009 15:00
Yes, 64-bit Windows 7.
Philip_Yip
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September 21st, 2009 15:00
I'm assuming you are running 64 bit windows?
Note 2×4Gb RAM Modules may be very costly (approx $400) and probably not worthwhile at the moment.
Ketchup86
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March 23rd, 2010 10:00
i'm also running W7 X64. on vostro 1700 but have u tryed to put 8gb in the computer ?
If u did, did it work ?
Ketchup86
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March 23rd, 2010 11:00
to bad, but thanks.
let's hope sombody wil try it :emotion-5:
djarvis8
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March 23rd, 2010 11:00
Hi.
I never tried 8GB in my Vostro 1700. I just settled for 4GB. I never found out of 8GB would be recognized.
diwom
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January 14th, 2011 05:00
Maybe to late for you:
I'm running with 6GB under Windows 7 X64.
One of problems I have:
some USB-Devices will not found the actual drivers on this maschine (Windows Phone with WP7)
And the integrated Webcam is not working (driver missing).
Wolfgang.
TECLOTECLA
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March 23rd, 2011 11:00
I am sorry I am writting here. I am kind of lost. What kind of external memories are supported by the Vostro 1700?
I had a problem trying to put one of them...
Thank you.
ejn63
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March 23rd, 2011 11:00
You mean external hard drive?
TECLOTECLA
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March 25th, 2011 09:00
No, I am talking about the memories that are inserted at the right side of the VOSTRO 1700.
TECLOTECLA
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March 25th, 2011 10:00
I need to ask something different. Dell is deleting my posts cause an e-mail appears as my user name, but they don´t tell me how to change it...Somebody know where to change my USER NAME directly?
dgkpcon
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March 25th, 2011 11:00
You can get a 8GB set on ebay for $129.00 (i do not have the Vostro 17) but do have XPS 1730 running with 8GB on 32 bit Vista and have 6.75GB usable.
TECLOTECLA
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March 25th, 2011 15:00
Hello:
I am talking about the memory cards that you can insert at the right side of the Vostro 1700. I would like to know what kind of memory cards are supported cause I tried to put one of them, but it didn't fit.
Thank you for your attention!
ericrinehart
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September 10th, 2012 18:00
When I upgraded my Vostro 1700 to 4 gb memory, my A.07 version bios and Windows 64-bit 7 Ultimate recognized all of it, despite that fact that every reference I found said 3.5 gb was the limit for this bios. So even tho I love the massive 17'' screen, I just recently moved this 4 y.o. Vostro 1700 to my secondary laptop. It was simply too slow for the way I bounce between 20-30 open web pages and 3-7 open word documents.
But ..... when I can find memory at decent price I plan on doing an upgrade to 6-8 gb simply to test it out.
Dell Vostro 1700, Intel Core Duo T 7250, Windows 7 Ultimate, Dual Fujitsu 120 GB drives, 2 x 2GB Hynix DDR2-800, nVidia GeForce8600 M GT, A.07 bios, 16GB Readyboost
Dell Precision m6600, Intel i7 2760 QM, Windows 7 Professional, Crucial 256 GB SSD, Seagate Momentus 750 GB., 2 x 8GB Crucial PC3-10600, AMD Firepro M8900, A.06 Bios
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September 11th, 2012 00:00
The 8 GB kit from crucial here is $179.99 or here is £136.79.
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September 11th, 2012 00:00
With regards to Windows 7 64 bit, the following driver set should be complete.
Utility
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Chipset
R153997 Intel Chipset Driver
R168331 Ricoh Chipset Driver
SATA
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Video
Communication
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Network
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Bluetooth
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Input
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Webcam
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Audio
R171786 Sigmatel Audio Driver
Application
R182249 Dell Quickset