Upgrading My Ram In My Laptop - Help? Advice?

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Pauly73Drifter

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Hi guys,
I have just purchased a HP Presario V3000Z Laptop with the AMD Turion 64 X2 Mobile Chipset and it has 1GB of Ram.
I want to upgrade to 2GB.
Here is the link to some info I found about the laptop and ram specs: http://www.ec.kingston.com/ecom/con...00Z+Series+(CTO)&distributor=0&submit1=Search

The questions are:
Is 2GB the max this laptop can take?
Is the DDR2-677 ram the right one/size that I need?
How hard is it to upgrade the ram myself?

I have built desktop pc's before but never laptops. Is the process of upgrading ram in a pc similar to a laptop?

Turn off laptop, take out battery, touch un-painted metal to eliminate static from your body, take off bottom plate ram cover, pull out existing ram (undo the clips), insert new ram, put plate on, battery in and turn it on! Is that the process?

I just want to know so I don't screw my laptop as it is my first laptop. Is there any process after that? Such as, programming ram, erasing ram or anything like that? Or is it just basically plug and play?

All help and advice is highly appreciated! Thankyou guys so much!
Pauly73Drifter
 
Cromewell

Cromewell

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If they say 2GB is the max, it sounds good to me :) I assume V3000Z is a generic model number as there are no detailed specifications on HP's website for it.

To replace the memory, it's pretty much the same as a desktop. The slot locks work a little different but you should be able to figure it out by just looking at it. Here's HP's guide if you want to be sure before hand: http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c00774612.pdf
 
Geoff

Geoff

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chemotz said:
upgrading RAM is quite simple i guess but it kinda risky if you're careless
so be careful and always check and re-check it before you turn it on

the procces is just like you said before, and it'll detected automatically
check this link http://proccessor-mind.blogspot.com/2008/05/installing-ram-in-your-laptop.html
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It depends. On my previous Dell for instance one RAM slot was accessible via a removable panel on the bottom of the laptop. The other RAM slot was under the keyboard, so the plastic casing and keyboard had to be removed and disconnected! Don't ask me why they did that though, stupidest move.
 
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chemotz

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that surely was lol

and just to "motivate" the thread maker, my pal got his RAM and slot burned after he install RAM by himself :D fortunately the other slot was fine :D
 
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