The easiest is to put 2GB in the socket on the bottom. Is there a 1GB in there now?
The second socket is under the keyboard where it is not real easy to get to.
Since the OS will only be able to use about 3.25GB, the 3GB is plenty. However, the maximum memory depends on the system board chipset. A 965 chipset will be able to use 3.25GB with a 32-bit OS and possibly 4GB with a 64-bit OS. However, if you have the 960 chipset, 2GB is the max. You need to download CPU-Z, a free utility that will tell you what's inside. You can also just try the 2GB for a total of three and see if the BIOS and OS sees the extra RAM.
See you User's and Service Manuals here:
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Thank you for replying Kirk.
Yes it has 1gb RAM in the back and another 1GB under the keyboard somewhere.
The manual says D530 has 4gb maximum RAM capacity and came with 2gb (2X1gb) 667mhz.
That means it is GM 965 with maximum of 2gb on each slot. Actually, I almost ordered 4gb ram from Dell but it was too expensive.
You said 3.25GB is the maximum one OS can support.
That's alright, I'm plainning to run some heavy programming stuff on my Virtual PC (XP pro) and split the RAM amonth those two OS.
I think that way, Vista can use 1.5gb and the virtual pc can use 2.5gb.
Thanks again
If you ordered the D530 with a C2D processor, then you have a 965 chipset and 4GB Ram possible. If you have a Celeron processor, you would probably have 2GB max RAM.
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kirkd
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March 8th, 2008 03:00
The easiest is to put 2GB in the socket on the bottom. Is there a 1GB in there now?
The second socket is under the keyboard where it is not real easy to get to.
Since the OS will only be able to use about 3.25GB, the 3GB is plenty. However, the maximum memory depends on the system board chipset. A 965 chipset will be able to use 3.25GB with a 32-bit OS and possibly 4GB with a 64-bit OS. However, if you have the 960 chipset, 2GB is the max. You need to download CPU-Z, a free utility that will tell you what's inside. You can also just try the 2GB for a total of three and see if the BIOS and OS sees the extra RAM.
See you User's and Service Manuals here:
<ADMIN NOTE: Broken link has been removed from this post by Dell>
Dimension 9100, Dual-Boot Win XP / Vista Home Premium, 3.0 GHz P4, 3 GB DDR2 533 MHz RAM, 160 GB SATA II Samsung (XP), 300 GB SATA II Seagate (Vista), 250 GB SimpleTech USB (WD Drive), Nvidia Go 6800 (425/825 MHz - XP, 400/800 MHz - Vista, Vista Driver - 169.25), Dell 1901 UltraSharp FP
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surajneupane
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March 8th, 2008 03:00
Yes it has 1gb RAM in the back and another 1GB under the keyboard somewhere.
The manual says D530 has 4gb maximum RAM capacity and came with 2gb (2X1gb) 667mhz.
That means it is GM 965 with maximum of 2gb on each slot. Actually, I almost ordered 4gb ram from Dell but it was too expensive.
You said 3.25GB is the maximum one OS can support.
That's alright, I'm plainning to run some heavy programming stuff on my Virtual PC (XP pro) and split the RAM amonth those two OS.
I think that way, Vista can use 1.5gb and the virtual pc can use 2.5gb.
Thanks again
kirkd
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March 8th, 2008 16:00
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Inspiron E1705, Win Vista Premium, T7200 Core 2 Duo (4MB, 2.0 GHz 667MHz), 2 GB DDR2 677 MHz RAM, 120 GB Samsung HD, Nvidia Go 7900 GS - 156.69 Driver, 17” Sharp UltraSharp TrueLife Wide-Screen WUXGA
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March 9th, 2008 19:00
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