Upgrading RAM

JonnyG94 · Jul 6th 2011, 6:01pm

hey, my laptop (Emachines E730) has 3GB DDR3 RAM installed on it. I want to upgrade the RAM. I've looked uder the cover and i only see 2 RAM modules (which i think must be 1GB and 2 GB.

Can i buy any DDR3 RAM module and install it? or do i need a specific module? Thanks.

Matt · Jul 6th 2011, 6:41pm

You'll need SODIMM RAM (laptop RAM), other than that everything else is the same. Just make sure when you look online or in stores, that it's labelled as SODIMM DRAM as this is for laptops. You'll notice the difference anyway because standard RAM is long and thin, whereas laptop RAM is typically short.

username #92 · Jul 6th 2011, 6:51pm

typical laptop RAM is roughly half the length of regular Desktop RAM. What operating system do you use? Depending on which, only a certain amount of RAM may be usable.

JonnyG94 · Jul 6th 2011, 8:48pm

Hipster wrote:

typical laptop RAM is roughly half the length of regular Desktop RAM. What operating system do you use? Depending on which, only a certain amount of RAM may be usable.

I'm currently running Windows 7 64 bit

Vice · Jul 7th 2011, 8:22pm

LOL get FB-DIMMs

DamnImGood · Jul 7th 2011, 11:19pm

Vice wrote:

LOL get FB-DIMMs

I would never buy Facebook RAM.

Vice · Jul 11th 2011, 9:23pm

fully buffered dimms retard

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