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inverno4661
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March 8th, 2012 19:00
can i add RAM externaly?
hey, i have a dell inspiron 15R N5010 laptop. it has 4 gb RAM. i want to add 2-4gb of RAM to it- BUT i WANT IT EXTERNALY! i dont want to have to open it all up because it is only one panel, and i dont want to have to send it in to a shop for 2-3 weeks because i cant really live without my laptop, and i spent alot of savings on it and i dont like other people handleing it.- i dont even let my parents on it! (barely)
p.s. one main reason of this is because of minecraft, if you know what it is, if you dont, google/youtube it.
and with minecraft i go to 60% of RAM use and it starts laging, but everything else i have works just fine
what do i do? im not sure. someone please help me!
-annoyed, yet slightly confused, Bryce
inverno4661
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Posted March 9th, 2012 21:00
so.. i cant just get a 4gb one to have a 2gb and a 4gb for a total of 6gb? and that sucks. its like 50 bucks each for 4gb. or is there some deal on dell that they send u the new pair and then you send them the old ones and then you get like a discount?
DELL-Roshan L
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Posted March 10th, 2012 00:00
Hi,
You can get 4 Gb and add this to one of the slots to get total of 6 GB RAM. However as i mentioned about the dual-channel configuration on this system model,if you have different sizes of memory installed in two different slots,it will operate on single-channel configuration,hence you wont see much change in the performance of the system even after upgrading the RAM.
Memory modules must be installed as a perfectly matched pair to take advantage of the dual-channel memory bus. If not a matched pair, the system's memory bus operates in a single-channel configuration.
Dell does not offer any deal where you can get a discount by sending in your old memory module.
You can check the link below for more information on the 4 Gb memory module compatible to your system:
Thank You
Roshan
If you go to crucial.com, you can get 8GB for $50 USD.
http://www.crucial.com/store/listparts.aspx?model=Inspiron%2015R&Cat=RAM
Crucial will guarantee that the memory will work.
- Go with what bay wolf said though, crucial is amazing. I just upgraded my other dell, N5110 with crucial 8 GB dual channel. Go to crucial, click the drop down menu, find the tab that says scan my system or choose it yourself. And it will tell you exactly what's compatible.
inverno4661
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Posted March 11th, 2012 23:00
thanks, i might just do that im amazed at the price
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Posted March 9th, 2012 04:00
Hi Bryce,
Welcome to the Community. As such there is no way to add RAM externally to the system. Inspiron™ N5010 / 15R system supports dual-channel DDR3 SDRAM with memory speeds of 1333 MHz. At 1333 MHz, this memory offers a significant increase of memory performance over previous platforms.The memory solution is implemented in a dual-channel configuration, allowing the system to have twice the memory bandwidth while using the same memory technology.
Memory modules must be installed as a perfectly matched pair to take advantage of the dual-channel memory bus. If not a matched pair, the system's memory bus operates in a single-channel configuration.
Inspiron™ N5010 / 15R has two user-accessible SODIMM sockets, both slots can be accessed after removing the base cover. Basically, when both DIMM connectors are populated, the system has optimum dual-channel performance unless channels A and B have different amounts of memory.
If your system has 4 GB of RAM,it means it has two RAM modules of 2GB each.So if you want to upgrade RAM, you would have to get two RAM modules of 4 GB each and let go of the old RAM modules,to get the maximum memory bandwidth using the dual-channel memory bus.
On your system model replacing the RAM is not very difficult.For help to remove/replace memory use the link below:
<ADMIN NOTE: Broken link has been removed from this post by Dell>
Hope this helps,
Thank You
Roshan.