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April 29th, 2011 03:00
Upgrade memory RAM DELL M1330
Hello everyone.
One of 2 RAM of my XPS M1330 (2 Go each one) was defected. I want to buy another one to replace the defected one.
A friend told me that I had to buy a 2Go RAM ( I wanted to buy a 1Go cause I have windows 7 32 bit, my computer cannot use all of 4Go of RAM)
I would like to ask if a Kingston RAM is compatible with my PC. Do I need to choose the same marque as the other RAM of my PC?
Thanks in advance!
Krassa
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ejn63
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April 29th, 2011 04:00
KTD RAM will work just fine, but you should maintain equal-size soDIMMs to preserve dual channel operation.
krassa
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April 29th, 2011 06:00
Thanks for the reponse.
I dont understand what u mean "equal-size" ? :emotion-1: Can you explain, plz ?
Cheers,
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April 29th, 2011 06:00
You need two, equal capacity soDIMMs - 2X2 or 2X1. If you run a single module or a mismatched set, you lose half your memory bandwidth, as the system will revert to single-channel operation.
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April 29th, 2011 07:00
Thanks a lot :)