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May 22nd, 2020 15:00
VOSTRO 5471, RAM upgrade
Hi,
Can anyone help me on this?
I have Vostro 5471 Laptop with 4GB RAM. Due to low performance I am planning to add 8GB RAM in another slot.
Will it be fine adding different size or I must go for same 4GB RAM?
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U2CAMEB4ME
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May 24th, 2020 06:00
Welcome to the Dell Community @Jeevha
Your manual does not specify 12GB as an option but it should be fine!!!
https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/us/en/04/vostro-14-5471-laptop/vostro_5471_om_pub/memory?guid=guid-715e6b06-60fd-4e44-9449-a241ab64a89f&lang=en-us
Of course everyone would suggest purchasing matching pairs to take advantage of "Dual Memory"
But I have found that with mismatched size memory the BIOS still says "Dual Interleaved" ???
Something I should research in the future???
Best regards,
U2
Jeevha
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May 25th, 2020 07:00
Thanks, better I go for the same size
U2CAMEB4ME
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May 25th, 2020 08:00
Your very welcome @Jeevha
Matched pairs are best.
Regards,
U2
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July 7th, 2025 07:33
I also added memory to my laptop, it's easy to see here, I took pictures of the whole process.
Paměť = RAM (in Czech)
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July 7th, 2025 07:50
here is the entire procedure on how to replace the battery, ram and nvme disk https://www.cistepc.cz/vymena-baterie-v-notebooku-dell/
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