Inspiron 1000 RAM Upgrade

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Yes,I have also seen such incidents in Dell forum.
http://tinyurl.com/8pgrw
But didn't find any concrete answer.Still you may discuss the same in
Dell community forum or,contact Dell-http://support.dell.com/

regards,
ssg MS-MVP

rupendradhillon@gmail.com wrote:

> Can anyone please help me with the following:
> I have an Inspiron 1000 with 256 MB of RAM. As mentioned in the posts
> above the laptop runs very slow due to that. Now one of my friends has
> an extra 512 MB DDR RAM chip. I tried it and I just could not believe
> myself. It was lightning fast. I have decided to go for an upgrade. Now
> the only thing that is stopping me is the fact that I have read at many
> websites that this model can have a maximum memory of 512 MB.
> I don't understand that. If the maximum that it can take is 512 how was
> it running on (256 +512) = 768 MB.
>
> I even confirmed that with msinfo32 and it said I had 768 MB of RAM.
> If I put on this 512 MB of memory could it cause any problems with the
> laptop.
>
> Below are some links to some websites and previous discussions that
> involved this issue.
>
> http://groups-beta.google.com/grou [...] 3c53d70496
> http://www.memoryx.net/dein10me.html
> http://www.crucial.com/store/listp [...] &submit=Go
>
> Please help
>
>
> Please help.
>

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

That's a known thing.See the OP-it was a case of more than 512mb RAM.

regards,
ssg MS-MVP

Clayton wrote:
> Maximum memory for this notebook is 512MB
> System may ship with DDR266 or DDR333
> 2 X 256MB is the only combination that can be used
>
>
>
>
> "S.Sengupta" <ssengupta_@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:uaOGxSsgFHA.2632@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>
>>Yes,I have also seen such incidents in Dell forum.
>>http://tinyurl.com/8pgrw
>>But didn't find any concrete answer.Still you may discuss the same in Dell
>>community forum or,contact Dell-http://support.dell.com/
>>
>>regards,
>>ssg MS-MVP
>>
>>rupendradhillon@gmail.com wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Can anyone please help me with the following:
>>>I have an Inspiron 1000 with 256 MB of RAM. As mentioned in the posts
>>>above the laptop runs very slow due to that. Now one of my friends has
>>>an extra 512 MB DDR RAM chip. I tried it and I just could not believe
>>>myself. It was lightning fast. I have decided to go for an upgrade. Now
>>>the only thing that is stopping me is the fact that I have read at many
>>>websites that this model can have a maximum memory of 512 MB.
>>>I don't understand that. If the maximum that it can take is 512 how was
>>>it running on (256 +512) = 768 MB.
>>>
>>>I even confirmed that with msinfo32 and it said I had 768 MB of RAM.
>>>If I put on this 512 MB of memory could it cause any problems with the
>>>laptop.
>>>
>>>Below are some links to some websites and previous discussions that
>>>involved this issue.
>>>
>>>http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.sys.pc-clone.dell/browse_thread/thread/61324104dc4f1f55/44a3f53c53d70496?q=%22inspiron+1000%22+RAM+upgrade&rnum=3&hl=en#44a3f53c53d70496
>>>http://www.memoryx.net/dein10me.html
>>>http://www.crucial.com/store/listparts.asp?Mfr%2BProductline=Dell%2BInspiron&mfr=Dell&cat=RAM&model=Inspiron+1000+Series&submit=Go
>>>
>>>Please help
>>>
>>>
>>>Please help.
>>>
>
>
>

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You'll need to contact Dell support and ask them.
Was your Dell showing 768MB RAM utilized or did
it just recognise a portion (512MB)? Right-click on
My Computer and look under "Computer".

According to www.crucial.com, your particular Dell PC
has a maximum design capacity of 512MB RAM.

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"rupendradhillon" wrote:

| Can anyone please help me with the following:
| I have an Inspiron 1000 with 256 MB of RAM. As mentioned in the posts
| above the laptop runs very slow due to that. Now one of my friends has
| an extra 512 MB DDR RAM chip. I tried it and I just could not believe
| myself. It was lightning fast. I have decided to go for an upgrade. Now
| the only thing that is stopping me is the fact that I have read at many
| websites that this model can have a maximum memory of 512 MB.
| I don't understand that. If the maximum that it can take is 512 how was
| it running on (256 +512) = 768 MB.
|
| I even confirmed that with msinfo32 and it said I had 768 MB of RAM.
| If I put on this 512 MB of memory could it cause any problems with the
| laptop.
|
| Below are some links to some websites and previous discussions that
| involved this issue.
|
|
http://groups-beta.google.com/grou [...] 3c53d70496
| http://www.memoryx.net/dein10me.html
| http://www.crucial.com/store/listp [...] &submit=Go
|
| Please help
|
|
| Please help.