TetsuoShima Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 I've heard some people having problems with Corsair Valueselect memory, though not often. I'm a big fan of Corsair memory myself. It's 'impossible' to tell (for me at least) which one will be most compatible with your laptop though. The difference between the two is very small. But most likely the laptop will run the memory at 2.5V and CL3 anyway. Bot will probably function just fine on these settings. The only laptops I've seen that had memory timing adjustments in the BIOS were $3000 models... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meateater Posted July 10, 2006 Author Share Posted July 10, 2006 OOOkkkkaaayyyyy... I just received an email from an Uniwill techie, who told me that my laptop's maximum memory capacity is actually 2 GB. On one hand, I'm glad. On the other hand, my careful planning is now shot to hell. Now I have to start shopping around again. Dammit... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TetsuoShima Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 Well, if $150 was to much for upgrading, then I don't think you'll be able to buy 2gig. That'll be more expensive, unless you meant $150 for 1 gig. :p Then again, what are you planning on doing with 2gig? :stare: Only thing it is usefull for is some games on high quality, but you don't have the other hardware needed in the laptop to play them on high quality. So that's not it... hmm, image or video processing maybe? If I boot up, my computer uses less than 200 meg ram (yeah, a lot compared to the win98 days, but it's not so bad, I've seen people booting XP with 450 meg in use and nothing productive running). So that would leave 800 meg to use if you've got 1 gig and 1800 meg if you had 2 gig. That's a whole lot... ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meateater Posted July 11, 2006 Author Share Posted July 11, 2006 Only thing it is usefull for is some games on high quality' date=' but you don't have the other hardware needed in the laptop to play them on high quality.[/quote'] Now you're just being mean... :( That's what a lot of my friends tell me. But for me, it's hard not to utilize my computer to its capacity, even when I know it does almost nothing. I do believe I'll buy a 1GB stick and keep my old 256MB. Currently, I'll have a program running and I wanna turn on the media player, but the lack of sufficient memory causes too much distortion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TetsuoShima Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 Yeah, to run XP without to much swap activity, you need 512MB. If you like serious multitasking, you probably need more. Depending on how serious, you might need a lot more. 1 gig is a lot more though. As you said, you could buy 1 single 1 gig stick and if you still don't like it buy another. But I'm betting you'll be happy with 1 gig though. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meateater Posted July 16, 2006 Author Share Posted July 16, 2006 My laptop has a tendency to overheat. In fact' date=' I've learned to type without my wrists touching the laptop because that portion where the battery is gets so friggin' hot. Some told me that this is solely a battery thing, and will not necessarily adversely affect the rest of the machine. What are you guys' take on this?[/quote'] Quoting myself. Must be a first. Well, I was wondering if there were anything I could do to at least alleviate the heating problem. Maybe my heat sink fan thingee isn't good enough, and I'll be needing a new one? Or perhaps there's an external solution to the problem? I have my own take on it, but I don't think putting my laptop on a slab of ice is too smart... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TetsuoShima Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 A new cpu heatsink for a laptop, I don't think so, these things are custom build. The only thing you might do is feel whether or not the heatsink gets hot enough (ie. making good contact with the cpu), clean the heatsink, or when still under waranty, send it back to have them check it out. There are external 'cooling-pads' to place under the laptop to help it cool, but they usually don't really work that wel. But if it really is a problem you could try that... Don't have any other ideas... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megalith Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 you could try using a heat transfer pad ( think they are made from rubber and graphite) these are great and save all the messing about with using heat transfer compound which gets everywhere and is toxic. Ensure that the heatsink/fan are secured tightly in place with the pad in between. But as a prelim, as TetsueShima suggests, see if the heatsink is getting hot? if it is then the heat is being transferred and is probably not much of an issue when removing heat in a system it is standard practice to suck air out rather than blow air into it also so perhaps another fan can be fitted elsewhere within the enclosure to allow cool air to be transferred over the heatsink and the heat removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyran Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 buy a gig stick and turn off the swap files make it run all the 'ram' from the ram I've not explained that very well see below Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meateater Posted July 17, 2006 Author Share Posted July 17, 2006 buy a gig stick and turn off the swap files make it run all the 'ram' from the ram Forgive this techno-retard, but are you saying that using only one stick of ram is better (heat-wise) than 2 sticks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megalith Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 I think kyran is suggesting using a usb stick? But it would still use power from the Laptap if this is the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyran Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 ok I read the whole thread Are you sure no-ones moved my comment from somewhere else ? lol if his laptop can take two gigs of ram then if he buys just one stick of ram and turns off his paging file the laptop will only use the ram. as ram is solid state it ought to make the laptop run cooler as it would then use less power running the harddrive (the paging file is on the hardrive) if he buys two gig sticks of ram........ he'll be wasting his money unless ha can turn his onboard graphics up past 256 megs of ram just been playing with the daughters laptop :) she can get three sticks in hers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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