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Hmm. I am thinking of using Christmas money to upgrade laptop to 1GB of RAM, since at the moment my measly 256MB is showing signs of aging even with regular defrags, I like to have manymany things open at once, AIM keeps crashing Explorer, and I mumblemumblecough vidding.

Once I have the module, IT-knowledgeable types (Aspen and Cam, I'm looking at you), how hellishly complicated are such things to install? I have a reasonable knack for prodding things around and getting them to work, but this is my precious we're talking about - should I just pester Daddy's IT Guys to do it for me?

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I vote for pestering Daddy's IT Guys.

While I regularly poke about inside my computer, there's something to be said for handing off to someone who doesn't have to carefully consider how to do it -- then, of course, make sure you can watch the process, so you can do it knowledgeably next time. ;]

In general, adding RAM is about the easiest upgrade you can do to the insides of a computer. They just slide into place alongside the existing chips, with little clamps that secure the ends.

If you're in any doubt, though, and you have access to IT guys, you might as well ask them, at least the first time. Once you see it done, you should be able to do any further additions yourself.

there's feck all to it, really. what kind of laptop is it? it might be worth doing a bit of research online to find out if the ram needs to be parallel (ie the same size of chip in each slot), and if it is, you'll have to discard the 256 you have already in favor of the two 512 chips (which btw would probably be cheaper than 1 1gb) you're putting in. the actual installation, however, is probably dead simple and usually just involves removing a single panel with a few screws to hold it in place and removing/slotting the new ram into the machine and putting it back together again.

(btw, komplett.ie and shop4memory.com are both irish based and apparently have good prices for ram, from what i hear.)

i'd either talk to the IT guys or research it online before you buy/install, but in terms of the actual installation itself, you're probably better to do it yourself if for nothing else than the experience. it's worthwhile learning how to do this stuff so you can fuck about with it when there's a problem at 4am and you can't access anyone techy.

Pester daddy's IT guys. XD

Aspen installed mine... I'd be daunted to try it myself.

Egads, get an upgrade though. More memory is love.

Also, so glad you're home and happier. :)

Laptop installation of RAM should be dead easy. There should be a panel on the bottom of your computer that you unscrew, then you press the module in, refasten the panel, and boot the system for automatic recognition, and that's that. I can walk you through it with pictures if you email me the system model, etc.

However, that said, if you have access to IT staff and any concern, then is also dead easy to have them do it too. :)

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