Laptop Addicts

My laptop is an Extensa 5220 from acer that’s a nice compromise between a big screen and not to heavy. It came with Vista and 1GB of ram that didn’t do it any favours. Windows 7 made a big difference to the performance, but I was still maxing out the ram. I used a tool called ‘crucial memory scan’ to find out what kinds of ram I can upgrade with. Crucial is a company that makes ram, so obviously they only list their own brand. It was however a useful tool, telling me that the motherboard could not handle more then 2GB. It gave a range of different modules, and didn’t have the most expensive as the best option. At €30 it wasn’t going to break the bank either.

The ram upgrade was done as part of the computer class, with the teacher and other students hovering above me as, I undid the screws, broke the tabs and voided the warranty. The two 512MB slots were released and then replaced. With the focus that comes from stress the first was successfully put in. The second didn’t go in correctly and was done by another student.

The result was worth in with an extra ceiling for ram usage that stopped the previous maxing out.

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